Installing OpenLinux
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Getting Started Guide
NOTE: If you know your video RAM, and it is not correctly
probed, you can type the correct information in yourself.
3.
Choose OK in the message box.
4.
Choose Next to continue.
NOTE: The probing for video cards is quite accurate, even
for newer cards and laptops. Don’t change this information
manually. If you want to change that information later,
because, for example, you change your video card, you can
do so. Use either the XF86Setup program or COAS|X Server
program to reconfigure your graphics settings after you com-
plete the installation.
Selecting Your Monitor
In the next screen you specify your monitor settings. Selecting the correct moni-
tor is important in OpenLinux. If you choose a monitor definition that has much
higher capabilities that your actual hardware, you risk damaging your monitor by
trying to display video modes that it is not capable of displaying.
The Select Monitor screen is shown in Figure 18.
FIGURE 18. Scroll through the list of monitors for your monitor’s brand name.
To configure your monitor: