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dhhb2304 schreef:
<blockquote cite="mid:47457D98.3070103@quicknet.nl" type="cite">Kai-Thorsten
Hambrecht schreef:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hello,
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">2. I have downloaded fedora 8, burned this
on a disk and used the disk
<br>
to install on a desktop. No problem. I took the same disk to my Asus
<br>
(dual boot with Windows XP) and started up from the disk and chose the
<br>
option "upgrade an existing system". the system began collecting
<br>
installed packages end thereafter checking dependencies. about 40%
<br>
through this the system hangs completely (no mouse action either) and
<br>
only using the on/off button of the laptop gives any result.
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<br>
maybe you should see Redhat Bugzilla:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011</a>
<br>
<br>
but in F8 there is also an issue with dual-head on ATI cards. See:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=374901">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=374901</a>
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<br>
Kai.
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Thanks. After reading through the items posted for bug 372011 (=upgrade
to F8), I decided to stick with F7 and wait for a new iso-image (or
F9...).
<br>
Especially since the dual-head problem seems as yet unresolved, also in
F8.
<br>
B.
<br>
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My statement here above was after all not satisfactory to me, so I
tried to find a solution anyhow. Success obviously is the joint effort
of inspiration and transpiration...<br>
<br>
A. Upgrade: I got it working! The reason nothing happened at first when
I gave, after hitting the ESC-key, the boot command:<br>
updates=<a href="http://katzj.fedorapeople.org/updates-f8-yumloop.img">http://katzj.fedorapeople.org/updates-f8-yumloop.img</a><br>
was simple: as usual I relied on the wireless connection. But at
start-up of the F8 DVD there is no wireless connection yet. After
plugging in the Ethernet cable and again booting the DVD the upgrade
started and after about 2 hours was complete. A few personal settings
were lost in the upgrade, but it definitely is less work than
installing completely new and then apply the personal settings.<br>
<br>
B. Dual head: I got it working also by using the right items in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf after installing the necessary driver by the command:<br>
yum install kmod-fglrx<br>
<br>
My copy of xorg.conf is:<br>
=========<br>
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display<br>
<br>
Section "ServerLayout"<br>
Identifier "Multihead layout"<br>
Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"<br>
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0<br>
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br>
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"<br>
Option "Xinerama" "on"<br>
Option "Clone" "off"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "InputDevice"<br>
Identifier "Keyboard0"<br>
Driver "kbd"<br>
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"<br>
Option "XkbLayout" "us"<br>
Option "XkbVariant" "intl"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "InputDevice"<br>
Identifier "Synaptics"<br>
Driver "synaptics"<br>
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br>
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"<br>
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "ServerFlags"<br>
Option "RandR" "on"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Monitor"<br>
Identifier "Monitor1"<br>
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br>
ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768"<br>
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.0<br>
VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0<br>
Option "dpms"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Device"<br>
Identifier "Videocard0"<br>
Driver "fglrx"<br>
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br>
BoardName "ATI Technologies RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"<br>
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<br>
Screen 0<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Device"<br>
Identifier "Videocard1"<br>
Driver "fglrx"<br>
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br>
BoardName "ATI Technologies RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"<br>
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<br>
Screen 1<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Screen"<br>
Identifier "Screen0"<br>
Device "Videocard0"<br>
DefaultDepth 24<br>
SubSection "Display"<br>
Viewport 0 0<br>
Depth 24<br>
Modes "1280x800" "1280x720" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"<br>
EndSubSection<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Screen"<br>
Identifier "Screen1"<br>
Device "Videocard1"<br>
Monitor "Monitor1"<br>
DefaultDepth 24<br>
SubSection "Display"<br>
Viewport 0 0<br>
Depth 24<br>
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br>
EndSubSection<br>
EndSection<br>
===============<br>
<br>
The desktop is stretched now over the two monitors, which was my aim.
The only thing still bothering me is the resolution of the second
monitor: 800x600, even though 1024x768 is mentioned in xorg.conf.<br>
Altering the resolution should be possible by using xrandr, but so far
I have not been able to make the xorg server "see" xrandr.<br>
If I succeed therein, I will let you know. Hope that somebody beats me
to it!<br>
<br>
B.<br>
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