Very Noobie display question

[Grumpy]

I have installed FC 6 test 2 [64-x86]
but am unable to get a resolution in my monitor
 ( LCD flat panel native rez 1024 x768)
 greater than 640x 480

system
AMD 2.000 GHZ
1024 MB ram
vidieo on board ATI 64 Mb *(shared)

[Patrick Doyle]

You could try setting the Monitor Type to "Generic LCD 1024x768".
That's what worked for me on my Compaq laptop.

--wpd

[Jim Cornette]

Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
>  I have installed FC 6 test 2 [64-x86]
>  but am unable to get a resolution in my monitor
>   ( LCD flat panel native rez 1024 x768)
>   greater than 640x 480
>  
>  system
>  AMD 2.000 GHZ
>  1024 MB ram
>  vidieo on board ATI 64 Mb *(shared) 
The xorg.conf for FC6 is a minimalistic version of the file and depends 
upon  probing the video card instead of specific entries regarding the 
display being used in the xorg.conf file. I have seen several instances 
of setups being broken because of the lack of display configuration used 
in the new style xorg.conf file.

Basically, you need a screen section like below added to the config file 
in some cases. The below is only for something to compare as a template. 
Your resolutions might be different and probably are.

Also, there is a list where it is more appropriate to ask questions for 
the test releases and development when there are no test releases 
ongoing. You can subscribe to the list and get input from those running 
the test versions and most likely encountered the problem before and 
solved it. Attaching to a bug with your symptoms or creating a bug 
report if none exist would most likely resolve the problem that you are 
getting.

The link to the test list is below.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list

Jim

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1152x768"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection

[Grumpy]

On Monday 28 August 2006 02:52 pm, Jim Cornette wrote:
>  Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
>  > I have installed FC 6 test 2 [64-x86]
>  > but am unable to get a resolution in my monitor
>  >  ( LCD flat panel native rez 1024 x768)
>  >  greater than 640x 480
>  >
>  > system
>  > AMD 2.000 GHZ
>  > 1024 MB ram
>  > vidieo on board ATI 64 Mb *(shared)
>
>  The xorg.conf for FC6 is a minimalistic version of the file and depends
>  upon  probing the video card instead of specific entries regarding the
>  display being used in the xorg.conf file. I have seen several instances
>  of setups being broken because of the lack of display configuration used
>  in the new style xorg.conf file.
>
>  Basically, you need a screen section like below added to the config file
>  in some cases. The below is only for something to compare as a template.
>  Your resolutions might be different and probably are.
>
>  Also, there is a list where it is more appropriate to ask questions for
>  the test releases and development when there are no test releases
>  ongoing. You can subscribe to the list and get input from those running
>  the test versions and most likely encountered the problem before and
>  solved it. Attaching to a bug with your symptoms or creating a bug
>  report if none exist would most likely resolve the problem that you are
>  getting.
>
>  The link to the test list is below.
>  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
>
>  Jim
>
>  Section "Screen"
>  	Identifier "Screen0"
>  	Device     "Videocard0"
>  	Monitor    "Monitor0"
>  	DefaultDepth     24
>  	SubSection "Display"
>  		Viewport   0 0
>  		Depth     16
>  		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>  	EndSubSection
>  	SubSection "Display"
>  		Viewport   0 0
>  		Depth     24
>  		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1152x768"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>  	EndSubSection 
-- 
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggy" While you look for a rock..Will 
Rodgers

[Jim Cornette]

Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
>  On Monday 28 August 2006 02:52 pm, Jim Cornette wrote:
> > Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
> >> I have installed FC 6 test 2 [64-x86]
> >> but am unable to get a resolution in my monitor
> >>  ( LCD flat panel native rez 1024 x768)
> >>  greater than 640x 480
> >> 
I could not see the text for your reply. Were you able to add the 
information for the 1024x768 display mode in your xorg.conf file to get 
X working above 640x480?
Adding a screen section to the minimalistic FC6-test version of the file 
should work.
Also, using system-config-display, you could select a generic display 
using the s-c-display configuration program.
There was discussions on the list linked below about the problem on some 
systems with the reduced xorg.conf model. I am not sure if which 
direction they will take for FC6 final.

Jim

> >
> > The link to the test list is below.
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > 	Identifier "Screen0"
> > 	Device     "Videocard0"
> > 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> > 	DefaultDepth     24
> > 	SubSection "Display"
> > 		Viewport   0 0
> > 		Depth     16
> > 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > 	EndSubSection
> > 	SubSection "Display"
> > 		Viewport   0 0
> > 		Depth     24
> > 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > 	EndSubSection
>   

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[Grumpy]

On Tuesday 12 September 2006 06:49 pm, Jim Cornette wrote:
>  Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
>  > On Monday 28 August 2006 02:52 pm, Jim Cornette wrote:
>  >> Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
>  >>> I have installed FC 6 test 2 [64-x86]
>  >>> but am unable to get a resolution in my monitor
>  >>>  ( LCD flat panel native rez 1024 x768)
>  >>>  greater than 640x 480
>
>  I could not see the text for your reply. Were you able to add the
>  information for the 1024x768 display mode in your xorg.conf file to get
>  X working above 640x480?
>  Adding a screen section to the minimalistic FC6-test version of the file
>  should work.
>  Also, using system-config-display, you could select a generic display
>  using the s-c-display configuration program.
>  There was discussions on the list linked below about the problem on some
>  systems with the reduced xorg.conf model. I am not sure if which
>  direction they will take for FC6 final.
>
>  Jim
>  
I got it to working.... it was a PEBCAK :-(