X Problem in Fedora 10

[casimiro barreto]

Hello,

Yesterday I recovered a box from a crash (HD toasted). As I had to
reinstall OS, previous configurations were lost. This box has an old
video monitor (capable of 1024x768 or even 1240x1024 if you "pull
strings") but after reinstall I'm limited to 800x600. Since
/etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore I'll be gratefull if someone
points out where I can reconfigure X in order to set proper parameters
(like VideoChip and video mode)???

Best regards,

Casimiro

[Warren Togami]

Casimiro de Almeida Barreto wrote:
>  Hello,
>  
>  Yesterday I recovered a box from a crash (HD toasted). As I had to
>  reinstall OS, previous configurations were lost. This box has an old
>  video monitor (capable of 1024x768 or even 1240x1024 if you "pull
>  strings") but after reinstall I'm limited to 800x600. Since
>  /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore I'll be gratefull if someone
>  points out where I can reconfigure X in order to set proper parameters
>  (like VideoChip and video mode)???
>   
Who said /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore?  If it exists, it uses it.

Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com

[Jiri Skala]

On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 10:32 -0500, Warren Togami wrote:
>  Casimiro de Almeida Barreto wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  > 
>  > Yesterday I recovered a box from a crash (HD toasted). As I had to
>  > reinstall OS, previous configurations were lost. This box has an old
>  > video monitor (capable of 1024x768 or even 1240x1024 if you "pull
>  > strings") but after reinstall I'm limited to 800x600. Since
>  > /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore I'll be gratefull if someone
>  > points out where I can reconfigure X in order to set proper parameters
>  > (like VideoChip and video mode)???
>  > 
>  
>  Who said /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore?  If it exists, it uses it.
>   
I don't think that the sentence: "If it exists, it uses it." solves
described problem.

The xorg.conf doesn't work fine after installation/upgrade. I use my
notebook (1440x900) in the dock with external LCD (1280x1024) and the
resolutions are incorrect after starting up. The resolution doesn't
match to resolution in the xorg.conf.

I use xrandr then everything is fine (for dual monitors).

But settings of xorg.conf during installation should be used and this
isn't.

Jiri

>  Warren Togami
>  wtogami(a)redhat.com
>

[Mike Chambers]

On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 17:06 +0100, Jiri Skala wrote:

>  The xorg.conf doesn't work fine after installation/upgrade. I use
> my
>  notebook (1440x900) in the dock with external LCD (1280x1024) and the
>  resolutions are incorrect after starting up. The resolution doesn't
>  match to resolution in the xorg.conf.
>  
>  I use xrandr then everything is fine (for dual monitors).
>  
>  But settings of xorg.conf during installation should be used and this
>  isn't. 
And to get an xorg.conf created or to make changes, make sure
system-config-display rpm is installed, then run same command to make
changes.

-- 
Mike Chambers
Fedora Project - Bug Zapper, Tester, User, etc..
mikec302(a)fedoraproject.org