display frustration

[Mark Haney]

On 06/20/2012 10:31 AM, Dokuro wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Mark Haney<markh at abemblem.com>  wrote:
>> Okay, I'm still no closer to fixing my display problem. I can't imagine how
>> a graphical installation could work without a hitch and yet the graphical
>> display (indeed, even the CLI) be so FUBAR.
>>
>> My screen is shifted to the right about 2/3 the across the display. Even in
>> rl 3.  I thought it was due to the video card having multiple video outputs,
>> so I disabled them in the static xorg.conf file I created.  No go.
>>
>> Now, I'm thinking it might be the radeon driver it's using?  The card in a
>> Radeon  HD 6670 with 1GB RAM.
>>
>> FYI, this happened when I installed Kubuntu as well, so it's not a specific
>> Fedora issue.
>>
>> Any ideas?  Surely, someone has something that might help.
>
> you could try using a different video card, just to check that the card is ok...
>
>>

It's a brand new card and it works perfectly in Windows 7 on the same 
hardware.



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Mark Haney
Software Developer/Consultant
AB Emblem
markh at abemblem.com
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