Problems with X11 in FC12.

[Ed Greshko]

reg at dwf.com wrote:
> I dont know if these are known problems (with work arounds) but
> I see at least two major problems with X11 (and the nouveau driver for Nvidia 
> cards).
>
> (1) The driver no longer understands <ctl><alt><+> and <ctl><alt><-> to move 
>       among the definitions on the MODE line.
>   
This feature is now off by default.....

You need to add the "DontZap" option to your xorg.conf.  Check the man
page for details...


> (2) On two separate systems here, on startup, X11 seems to throw away all MODE 
>      definitions except those within epsilon of 60Hz.  This leaves me with an 
> 800x600
>      screen which is unacceptable.
>
> Now (1) could just be due to (2) eliminating all alternatives, but I have no 
> way of knowing.
>
> So, others seeing this?
> Any fix?
>
> With this screen Fc12 (with this video driver) is unusable for me.
>
>   


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