F8t1: not able to use the whole screen

[yonas Abraham]

On 7/26/07, Thomas M Steenholdt <tmus at tmus.dk> wrote:
> yonas Abraham wrote:
> > I am using a 19" wide screen flat panel monitor, and after
> > successfully installed Rawhide (F8T1) yesterday, I found that like
> > about 10% of the screen on the left side is just black and unusable. I
> > taught the screen just shifted to the right, but no. The resolution is
> > set correctly (1400x900).
> >
> > /yonas
> >
>
> I've seen similar, only on slightly earlier versions of stuff...
>
> Make sure You are using the very latest driver (i810 in my case).
>
> If you're using an analog (VGA) connection to the monitor, make sure the
> cable is of a good quality. This is actually the one that solved things
> for me. The original cable was not broken as such, just a very cheap cable.
>
> Hope it helps.

The machine workes fine if I boot to F7. and it had worked FC4 till F8T1.

/yonas