redhat-config-xfree86 enhancement?

[Cristian Contescu]

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On Wednesday 17 December 2003 08:47, Preston Crawford wrote:
> Indeed. I thought this was the fedora user list. Not the fedora
> development list.

 Well.. it's the Fedora user list.. But.. Here's an example. I love the 
Slackware distro and I had it installed until I decided to give Fedora a try 
on my home computer.. And this is an old computer .. with a 14'' display. So, 
I downloaded Fedora ISOs, I removed Slack.. and installed Fedora.. But, hey.. 
no X configuration at the instalation process. The display was OK at the 
installation point. And at the first boot.. surprise.. My screen went to 
stand-by because an unsupported resolution/refresh config.. So.. no 
firstboot.. no nothing.. until I starded the system in interactive mode 
without rhgb and I bypassed firstboot service.. Then I edited XF86config 
manually to set a correct VertRefresh. And all that because Fedora discovered 
my monitor being an AOC 5Vlr, wehn, in fact, it a 4Vlr..
 I was firstly urged to roll back to Slack and toss Fedora CDs to the trash 
bin. But I just wanted to see how it looks like. And I liked it.. after this 
nightmare, I really liked it. What if I was a regular user? And only had one 
monitor for installation? I'd be running another distro that correctly makes 
my display work.. or ASKS me what monitor type I have or if the detected one 
is good or not.. That does not happen with Fedora unfortunately.. Don't lose 
users by being inconsiderate..
							Respects,
								Cristi

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