[tlug] LoweringResolution(StandardCRT)

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

I tried doing a new install of SuSE Linux 8.1 in one of my computers last night
(Hitachi 10GB/256MB/300MHz), and it seemed to go well, but on reboot after the
install, the monitor settings are too high (flashing LEDs below the screen - what
has happened before when I set the resolution too high with RedHat), and nothing
will display on the monitor at all, until rebooting into command line mode.  If I
type in "startx", I get the flashing LEDs again.  Unfortunately, other than some
MS-DOS commands I used in 1996, I have only used graphical interfaces.  My
question:

What do I need to type in (via command line) to lower the resolution setting?
With RedHat before, I just did a new install and left everything on automatic,
but this time, the automatic settings are causing the problem.  I could start
from zero again and try lowering the screen resolution manually in the first
setup procedures, but I'm hoping to start actually fixing things instead of
dumping the entire install over one bad setting....  Is it really involved?  If
it's in the manual(s), then which one?  (One main reason I bought the boxed
version of SuSE was for the manuals, which I will be reading soon, but in the
meantime...)

LHS