Out of Frequency message after initial instalation

[mhaines]

I believe I have correctly installed suse 10.1 for the first time alongside windows xp. However when trying to open suse the monitor displays 'out of frequency' and promptly shuts down.
Now there are a few who have had this or similar problems but I can't make out the offered solutions because you clever people talk in a mysterious computer language. Can someone help me in very simple language with a step by step approach.
I would love to tell you all about the insides of my machine but all I know is that when it came I plugged it in and it worked. sorry.

[devils casper]

SuSe couldn't configure correct sync and refresh rates of your Monitor. change those manually.
on first Screen ( GRUB screen ), select SuSe title and press 'e'. add 3 at the end of kernel line and press 'b' to boot up. this will drop you on command line prompt. log in as root and type

vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
in a file look for this section

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	31.5-57.0
	VertRefresh	50.0-70.0
EndSection

press 'i' and change values. check your Monitor's Manual for accepted values. wrong values can harm your Monitor.

after editing, press Esc key, : ( Full Colon ) and x
this will save xorg file. now reboot.




casper

[mhaines]

I have followed the instructions over and over but can't think of what else to do now.
When I try to save the changes I get the message, E212: Can't open file for writing.

[devils casper]

I have followed the instructions over and over but can't think of what else to do now.
When I try to save the changes I get the message, E212: Can't open file for writing.

i wrote earlier, you must be logged in as 'root'.




casper

[mhaines]

yes logging in as root did it. thanks for your help.