taking the plunge!

[Chris Wong]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Michael Miranda wrote:

> So I decided to dedicate my laptop to linux.  I need help with two things:
> 
> 1.  I can't seem to get the right screen resolution.  I have installed
> RH7 and chose 800x600 16bpp However the screen resolution is a blocky
> 640x480.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm using a Compaq
> Presario 1240, 64mb ram, 4.2 gig hard drive, NeoMagic 128 video card
> with 8 megs.

Are you running XFree86 3x or 4.0.1?