F7: X vesa at 1680x1050 no go?

[Patrick Lists]

Hi,

I just installed F7 which went great. When I booted the DVD I added to
the kernel command line "resolution=1680x1050" which as far as I could
tell was honored. Once F7 was installed and the laptop rebooted X does
not want to display at 1680x1050 with the vesa driver (which I need
cause this laptop has an ATI X1300). The system-config-display app
doesn't show 1680x1050. I also tried to add Modes "1680x1050" to the
Screen section in xorg.conf but that does not make a difference either.

Is there any way that I can force X to use 1680x01050?

Thanks for any pointers.

Regards,
Patrick

ps: ajax/Adam Jackson if you read this: with your much appreciated
tweaks to the X server I can now do a graphical install on my laptop.
Where the screen was previously directed to the wrong port it now shows
the F7 welcome screen in all its glory. Thanks!

[DJ Delorie]

Patrick  writes:
> Is there any way that I can force X to use 1680x01050?

I also have the X1300 (Dell Inspiron 6400).  AFAIK (at least with
FC6), you cannot get the vesa driver to support any modes not in the
BIOS mode table, and 1680x1050 isn't in there.  The only solution I
found was to install the proprietary ATI drivers instead, which not
only have 1680x1050, but are significantly faster and support
multi-head.

Note, do NOT use the vga= kernel parameter if you use the ATI driver;
it cannot initialize the display if it's not in its default text mode.

[Phil Meyer]

DJ Delorie wrote:
> Patrick  writes:
> > Is there any way that I can force X to use 1680x01050?
>
> I also have the X1300 (Dell Inspiron 6400).  AFAIK (at least with
> FC6), you cannot get the vesa driver to support any modes not in the
> BIOS mode table, and 1680x1050 isn't in there.  The only solution I
> found was to install the proprietary ATI drivers instead, which not
> only have 1680x1050, but are significantly faster and support
> multi-head.
>
> Note, do NOT use the vga= kernel parameter if you use the ATI driver;
> it cannot initialize the display if it's not in its default text mode.

The ati drivers still do not work with F7.  They DO work with other 
distros, but not F7.

8.37 came out today, but ...

see: http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3085

"More than likely you'll need to wait until 8.38"

[DJ Delorie]

Phil Meyer  writes:
> The ati drivers still do not work with F7.  They DO work with other
> distros, but not F7. 8.37 came out today, but ...

I'm really glad you mentioned that *before* I tried to upgrade my
laptop.

Are the nvidia [desktop] drivers usable yet?

[Phil Meyer]

DJ Delorie wrote:
> Phil Meyer  writes:
> > The ati drivers still do not work with F7.  They DO work with other
> > distros, but not F7. 8.37 came out today, but ...
>
> I'm really glad you mentioned that *before* I tried to upgrade my
> laptop.
>
> Are the nvidia [desktop] drivers usable yet?

Yes.  Nvidia rocks!