F10-Snapshot-X86_64-KDE

[Bill Davidsen]

Mani A wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
>>> All other problems seem to be fixed in snapshot-2, except for
>>> automatic detection of display resolution.
>>>
>> I'm not worried about "automatic detection," is there any way at all to tell
>> the system to use more than 640x480 (800x600 on one system)? The nice tab
>> for defining monitor resolution is gone, replaced with nothing I have found.
> 
> In the boot screen
> Press esc, then tab
> add resolution=1600x1200 as a boot option
> 
> and any other 'boot time kernel option' that may be relevant.
> 
> On radeon HD 36xx cards, too the radeon driver works 'out of box'
> 
What I have is this (from lspci):
   01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV535 [Radeon X1650 
series] (rev 9e)
   01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV535 [Radeon X1650 Series] 
(rev 9e)

>> 640x480 on a 1600x1200 or 1920x1080 monitor is very readable, probably from
>> 100 yards away without optics. I've given up testing for the moment, nothing
>> I really want to test runs, even in 800x600.
> 
> Best
> 
> A. Mani
> 
> 


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