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Using a Screen Resolution of 1024 x 768 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Virtual Machine
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This is a known issue. Work around the issue by manually selecting a screen resolution of 1024 x 768, either by using RedHat's configuration tool or by directly editing xorg.conf.
To use the RedHat configuration tool, execute system-config-display and choose 1024x768 from the drop down menu in the user interface.
To edit the Xorg configuration file manually, open /etc/X11/xorg.conf and make sure that the 1024x768 mode is included in the Screen section as shown below.
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Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
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- KB Article: 1001511
- Updated: Aug 14, 2009
- Products:
VMware ESX - Product Versions:
VMware ESX 3.0.x

