Problem with screen resolution in F8
zephod at cfl.rr.com
zephod at cfl.rr.com
Thu Nov 22 03:57:04 UTC 2007
---- Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 22:00 -0500, zephod at cfl.rr.com wrote:
> > The first time I logged in after installing F8, the background picture covered the entire screen but the top menu bar and bottom task bar only extended about 2/3 the width of the screen and the bottom task bar was not at the bottom of the screen but about 1/2 the way up.
> >
> > After playing with the screen resolutions, I have 1152x864 at 60Hz and the bars extend all the way across the screen and the task bar is at the bottom.
> >
> > I have 2 problems:
> > 1) The 1st 1/2 inch of the screen is missing of the left side which, for some reason is really bugging me.
> > 2) The resolution I really want is 1280x1024 at 75Hz. This is a dual boot machine at 1280x1024 at 75Hz is what I use in Windows
> >
> > Can anyone give me some ideas as to why I can't get my desired resolution?
---snip---
> > (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-1 using initial mode 1152x864
> > (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 using initial mode 1152x864
> >
> > My /etc/X11/xorg.conf has this in it:
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Videocard0"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> ----
> change the 'Modes' line (insert "1280x1024" for the first mode)
>
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>
> restart X or restart computer if you don't know how to restart X
Adding that extra mode takes me back to where I started n - ie task bar in the middle of the screen. The only difference that I can see in the Xorg.0.log file is this:
(II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-1 using initial mode 1152x864
(II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 using initial mode 1280x1024
after xf86InitialConfiguration
whick looks like the resolution is set correctly but whoever draws the task bars (Nautilus?) didn't get the message.
Interestingly System->Preferences->Hardware->Screen Resolution still shows the default resolution as 1152x864 at 60Hz and System->Administration->Display also shows the current resolution as 1152x864 and 1280x1024 is not an option. Somebody is confused.
> xorg radeon on Fedora 8 doesn't seem to work very well (my experience)
Hmmm.... It was working just fine in FC6.
> You might search last weeks list for commentary on adding Livna and
> installing kmod-fglrx
I'll see if I can find that thread.
Thanks,
Steve
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