FC5: video resolution problem

[starcycle at gmail.com]

On 10/28/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> The newer xorg uses the values reported by the monitor to select mode
> lines.  If yours is not being read correctly it dumbs down to one that
> does work.
> IIRC, you can put a line similar to this in the monitor section of
> xorg.conf to override the automatic config of the monitor
>         OPTION  "noddc" "1"
> Which tells xorg to ignore the scanned values and to use the specified
> ones instead.
>
> You should also file a bug for info with the xorg site so they can get
> more info from those monitors that are not currently scanned correctly
> and update the X server properly.

it almost worked, but i guess it's just too buggy. the boot process
bar and login screen won't display, but when i finally log into the
gui, the Administration -> display options panel says it's at
1280x1024, whereas it always used to say 800x600 (even though it still
IS displaying at 800x600). so that's different. and for the first
time, i have all the resolution options listed in Preferences ->
screen resolution, whereas before only 800x600 and the one below it
were listed. choosing any of them besides 800x600 still leads to a
blank screen, though.

so i guess it's just buggy, or else i have to play around with a
couple of other options. but i think i'll just switch to my old radeon
card and see if that works. this matrox has been a nightmare in just
about every distribution. the ati can be difficult, but at least the
drivers and everything work once you do get it set up. i'd never
recommend a matrox again to anyone using linux. :o

thanks,
s.c.