F10-Snapshot-X86_64-KDE

[Bill Davidsen]

Mani A wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
>> Mani A wrote:
>>> 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)
>>
> 
> It should work well with driver radeonhd and possibly radeon
> 
> Check man radeon
> 
> Boot to runlevel 3, modprobe radeonhd,
> create a suitable xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 (copy from sda for eg)

I'll look at this, previous releases have generated xorg.conf at install. I have 
seen posts indicating that this new X didn't need it. Seems like a complex thing 
for the average user.

> Then 'startkde'  (no options allowed)

no kde here, but I get the idea. ;-)

> 
> Repeat with 'radeon'
> 
Thanks for the suggestions.

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