Configuring monitor display in RH 7 (ultra-newbie)

[Spodosaurus]

My monitor display cuts off most windows well before the bottom, so not only do I miss out on the bottom part of the windows, but I can't click on the function buttons at the bottom! (for example 'ok' and 'cancel'). I've tried playing around with many of the desktop and display settings, but even those are often very difficult to get to. I'm running RH7 with a Compucon VGA monitor (it's a second hand monitor, so I have no drivers or documentation for it, and I can only assume that it's VGA, but it might be SVGA). Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've just barely started teaching myself to use linux, so please gear replies to someone at the ultra-newbie level :-)

Ari

[manux]

i had this once. what you need to is change the screen resolution to say 800 X 600.
run "setup" as root and choose x configurator from the menulist that comes up

[This message has been edited by manux (edited 31 December 2000).]

[mdwatts]

Manually edit /etc/XF86Config and try changing the default resolution and add 'virtual 0 0' to the screen section of the Xserver your video cards uses.

Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200/70Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200/70Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200/70Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200/70Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1600x1200/70Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection