Subject:,FC12 -- video resolution problems

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 01/01/2010 05:50 AM, DB wrote:
> On 01/01/2010 03:20 AM, fedora-list-request at redhat.com 
> <mailto:fedora-list-request at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Subject:
>> FC12 -- video resolution problems
>> From:
>> Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>
>> Date:
>> Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:39:34 -0500
>>
>> To:
>> "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
>> <fedora-list at redhat.com> <mailto:fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>
>>
>> I just did a FC12 install on my notebook, blowing away my Centos 5.3 
>> install.  Big step up.
>>
>> This is on a HP nc2400 that has the Intel 945M video.  It comes up 
>> with only 800x600 resolution.
>>
>> So I installed system-config-display and configured the monitor 
>> manually to be LCD 1280x1024, but selected only 1024x768.
>>
>> I logged out and logged in, and I came up in 1024x768 video.  I then 
>> pressed <FN-f4> to switch to my external LCD monitor, and things went 
>> a bit screwy.  I should point out that my monitor is on a Belkin 
>> KVM.  But this has always worked in Centos.
>>
>> My situation right now is that the system is running both internal 
>> and external, and pressing <FN-f4> is not getting it to roll through 
>> internal, both, external, internal, etc. as it 'use to'.
>>
>> If I power up with the external disconnected, I come up in 1024x768 
>> and then if I plug the external in, it is not sized properly, like it 
>> is only 800x600 and thus you only see the center of the screen and 
>> only the background, not the running tasks.
>>
>> If I boot up with the external plugged in, the video is 800x600 for 
>> both internal and external, and I cannot roll through the modes.
>>
>> So what is going on here and how can I get things working reasonablly???
> Hi Robert,
>
> I have the same situation, and used the xrandr script which Marko 
> posted a couple of weeks ago.  This turns off the laptop screen on 
> startup, BUT anything which was on the laptopp screen gets "lost" ie, 
> I can't refer to anything which was in the trays.  If I then click on 
> the cashew on the external screen & hit "zoom out", it shows me 2 
> screen images, the one I am using on the external screen (with the 
> "blue blob"background), the other which appears to be the last laptop 
> image with a plain blue screen.
>
> My previous F11 installation used to have the same image on both 
> screens, which I could "auto config" on my external screen to get it 
> to full screen & Fn-f5(Toshiba) would cycle happily throught the 
> both-ext-lap.....
>
> So far, I've not found an answer!

Have you filed a bug report?  If not, I think it is time to do it....
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