CentOS - Feb 2019 - Setting GDM resolution without knowing the monitor specs

On Feb 21, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at
gmail.com> wrote:
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> [root at desktop xorg.conf.d]# cat 00-monitor.conf
Thanks!  We?ll be building another server next week, so I?ll try this then.

> On Feb 21, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> [root at desktop xorg.conf.d]# cat 00-monitor.conf
Why not just ship it with text mode login and get rid of all the video
problems? With a 800x600 resolution I doubt they can do a lot with the GUI
anyway.

Regards,
Simon

On Feb 21, 2019, at 11:13 PM, Simon Matter via CentOS <centos at
centos.org> wrote:
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>> On Feb 21, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> [root at desktop xorg.conf.d]# cat 00-monitor.conf
> 
> Why not just ship it with text mode login and get rid of all the video
> problems? With a 800x600 resolution I doubt they can do a lot with the GUI
> anyway.
Because I can talk a Windows admin through an IP change over the phone easier
via Settings > Network than with nano in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. 
I?ve tried it both ways several times, and it?s not even a close thing.

Once I?ve got remote access, the screen gets turned back off, never to turn back
on for perhaps years at a time.