Fedora 15 with Acer Aspire

Thu Jun 9 13:12:03 UTC 2011

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Antonio M <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/6/9 Kalpa Welivitigoda <callkalpa at gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:26 PM, antonio.montagnani at alice.it
>> <antonio.montagnani at alice.it> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>----Messaggio originale----
>>>>Da: callkalpa at gmail.com
>>>>Data: 9-giu-2011 13.32
>>>
>>>>A: "antonio.montagnani at alice.it"<antonio.montagnani at alice.it>, "Community
>>> support for Fedora users"<users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>>>>Ogg: Re: Re: Fedora
>>> 15 with Acer Aspire
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:52 PM, antonio.montagnani at alice.
>>> it
>>>><antonio.montagnani at alice.it> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>----Messaggio originale----
>>>
>>>>>>Da: callkalpa at gmail.com
>>>>>>Data: 9-giu-2011 13.16
>>>>>
>>>>>>A: "Community
>>> support for Fedora users"<users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>>>>>>Ogg:
>>>>> Re: Fedora
>>> 15 with Acer Aspire
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Antonio M
>>>>>
>>> <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 2011/6/9 Kalpa Welivitigoda
>>>>>
>>> <callkalpa at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>> Today I installed Fedora 15 on my Acer Aspire
>>> 4736g
>>>>> laptop. It was a
>>>>>>>> fresh install. Now my screen seems a bit
>>> stretched and the
>>>>> font is
>>>>>>>> also not that clear. I couldn't get GNOME 3
>>> running, it is the fail
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> safe mode. Any help to solved these two
>>> issues,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1) Screen stretched
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2) Get GNOME 3 running
>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kalpa Pathum
>>>>> Welivitigoda
>>>>>>>> http://about.me/callkalpa>>>--
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> what do you get with nomodeset option at boot time???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>>>>"
>>>>> nomodeset" was already there as a kernel argument.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When I tried
>>> to install
>>>>> Fedora it said that it is booting from the cd
>>>>>>and then the
>>> screen went blank.
>>>>> The test media and wizard was almost
>>>>>>invisible. Then I
>>> managed to install with
>>>>> basic video settings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I tried to boot without
>>> nomodeset, again the screen
>>>>> went blank.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I suspect that the brightness
>>> of the screen is set to a lower
>>>>> level in
>>>>>>normal mode (without nomodeset)
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Best Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Kalpa
>>>>> Pathum Welivitigoda
>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> I have two questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) did you update the fresh installation
>>> ??
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes I did. It installed a new kernel and that also has nomodeset by
>>>
>>>>default (I installed Fedora 15 with basic video settings, this might
>>>>cause
>>> this). Still the issue is there. With nomodeset the screen is
>>>>stretched.
>>> Without nomodeset the screen is like it is switched off.
>>>>
>>>>> 2) What
>>>>> is
>>> your graphic card (Intel I suspect)??
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes it is an Intel one.
>>>>
>>>>> I mean
>>> immediately after fresh
>>>>> installation, how did it work??
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It just booted
>>> up and showed the GUI, and it was stretched.
>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>> forgot to
>>> ask: do you have the driver packages installed???
>>>
>>
>> I have not installed it explicitly. Any clue on where I can find it
>> and how to install?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Antonio Montagnani
>>> Fedora 15 Lovelock (Linux)
>>> Alice webmail
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda
>>
>
> Please report what is the output of the following command in a terminal:
>
>  rpm -qa xorg-x11-*
>

xorg-x11-drv-r128-6.8.1-9.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.13-6.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen-1.3.99.1-3.20101202git0a03c1fd0.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.15.0-3.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.4.0.901-1.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-ast-0.91.10-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-server-common-1.10.2-1.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-drv-acecad-1.4.99-3.20101203gitf8e87eaf4.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-mouse-1.6.99.901-2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-void-1.3.1-5.20101202gitcb8d19b8a.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-apps-7.6-2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse-12.6.99.901-3.20101209git07232feb6.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-2.3.0-7.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.2.0-12.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.2-9.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-aiptek-1.3.99-3.20101203git95b891239.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-elographics-1.2.99-3.20101206git6fd22a9d6.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-xkb-utils-7.5-3.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.5.99.901-2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-mach64-6.8.2-7.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-geode-2.11.11-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-resutils-7.5-2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-s3virge-1.10.4-7.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-i740-1.3.2-7.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-rendition-4.2.4-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-cirrus-1.3.2-8.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-penmount-1.4.99-3.20101203git6658e9ad2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.11.0-1.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.10.2-1.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.3.4-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-i128-1.3.4-7.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.0.21-3.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-sis-0.10.3-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.18-6.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.6-8.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-drv-apm-1.2.3-6.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-mutouch-1.2.99-4.20101206git24029451c.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-6.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-savage-2.3.2-3.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-24.20110324git8378443.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-trident-1.3.4-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-fpit-1.3.99-3.20101206git020c04e29.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-glint-1.2.4-7.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-4.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.4.1-8.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-20.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.10.2-1.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-voodoo-1.2.4-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-13.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.14.1-1.20110504gita6d2dba6.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.6.0-3.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-sisusb-0.9.4-5.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drivers-7.4-2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion-1.7.3-8.20100122.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic-1.2.5-2.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-tdfx-1.4.3-7.fc15.i686


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Best Regards,

Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda
http://about.me/callkalpa