fedora fc2 problem with display color depth and resolution

[David Cary Hart]

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 12:27 -0500, Shailan Mohan wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> Im using a Dell UltraScan P991 monitor and Fedora Core 2 on a
> Dell machine with a Pentium 4 processor. I cant get both
> 1024x768 resolution and color depth more than 8 together. 
> 
> I can get a color depth of 16, but the highest resolution i get
> is 640x480. If I want a higher resolution, anything above and
> including 800x600, I have to lower the color depth to 8. I know
> the monitor supports atleast 1024x768, because thats what i had
> the resolution at when I had Windows XP on the machine. 
> 
> Also, how can i determine if i have the right driver installed
> for this monitor?
> 
I suspect that problem is with the display card - not the monitor. What
does lspci -v show for the card?
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