Over the weekend I brought home my boss's kids computer which a two partition HD with Windows ME on one partition and the other blank. He asked that I install linux on the computer and make the default boot OS linux. I spent 7 hours on Fri/Sat getting Win ME to play with itself without crashing and then after making sure the the win partition was working as well as windows can, I spent an hour getting SuSE 9.0 installed on the empty partition electing LILO (because I know it) as the boot loader. I played with that and when I was satisfied, loaded OOo 1.1.1 on Sunday as a network install making certain all worked well. Not having been provided anything from him but the computer, I used my test components to perform the install. An old ps2 Mouse Systems 101 keyboard, a Logitech Trackman Marble FX ps2 mouse, a usb zip 250 drive, and a Dell Ultrascan 1000H series model D1025HT monitor were the components connected the the computer, a PCV-RX450 Sony VAIO. All went well, the image defaulted to 1024 x 768 and looked great. Did several reboots, confirmed all was working well on both sides and together from the perspective that Linux could see everything. Shut it down, and took it to work on Monday ready to show off the new dual boot system. At work everyone was excited as there is considerable within our division to convert everyone to Linux and a couple of us have been really promoting Linux over the past several months, hence our boss's interest in trying it out. Hooked the box up to his office monitor, a Scanport GL-821A Flat panel, and must to my horror, 9.0 refused to utilize the monitor. First the screen went bonkers, then display a box in the middle of the screen which contained the words "out of range." So we tried it next with a Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200sf and got a similar result in that the boot appeared to be cycling through all the video modes which was apparent by the different screens flashing on and off the monitor, then stopped giving the blank screen with the same "Out of Range" message. So we next tried booting in text mode just to see what was happening and had a normal bot until suddenly boom, the blank screen and text message in the middle of the it. Frustrated, we took it to a CTX 1785GMD and connected it to the box. Viola, a normal boot to a beautiful screen with everything working, just like what I had at home. Sent the machine home with him where he hooked it up to the monitor that shipped with his Sony VAIO system and you guessed it, same results we had at the office. The home monitor is another Sony Trinitron model HMD-A200. I know this has to be a problem with X, but i can't determine how to interact with the computer to fix it. On earlier versions of SuSE booting under LILO there used to be a line under boot options giving you choice of video resolution, but I sure can't find anything like that now. So, can anyone tell me the way around this so he can begin using Linux at home (maybe we can get the division converted). Many thanks, dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe