Re: gnome-list Digest, Vol 61, Issue 7 item 1

[Desmond Armstrong <desmond armstrong gmail com>]

> Mandriva 2009.1 (spring), Gnome 2.26.1, Video Card Nvidia GForce2 MX400.
> Under Gnome Control Center > Display it shows a large red square with
> 'unknown' in the center. IIR in 2009.0 my monitor, Acer P221W was shown
> as the monitor type. Clicking 'detect monitors' does nothing. Or am I
> just imagining this was the case in the previous release?
>
> Chris
>
>   
The problem here is that the monitor is not correctly set The monitor is 
1600 x 1080.
Start Mandriva in safe mode and at the # prompt type drakconf and you 
will now have the ability to set the resolution, I suggest low 1024x 768 
and it should now come to life when you boot normally.
I have had problems with Acer monitors not being auto-detected and have 
found that they do need to be set up manually.
Using drakconf in safe mode on Mandriva is the best way to get going. 
Once you have display you can then use the control centre in the normal way.
Desmond