Very Noobie display question

[Jim Cornette]

Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
> I have installed FC 6 test 2 [64-x86]
> but am unable to get a resolution in my monitor
>  ( LCD flat panel native rez 1024 x768)
>  greater than 640x 480
> 
> system
> AMD 2.000 GHZ
> 1024 MB ram
> vidieo on board ATI 64 Mb *(shared)

The xorg.conf for FC6 is a minimalistic version of the file and depends 
upon  probing the video card instead of specific entries regarding the 
display being used in the xorg.conf file. I have seen several instances 
of setups being broken because of the lack of display configuration used 
in the new style xorg.conf file.

Basically, you need a screen section like below added to the config file 
in some cases. The below is only for something to compare as a template. 
Your resolutions might be different and probably are.

Also, there is a list where it is more appropriate to ask questions for 
the test releases and development when there are no test releases 
ongoing. You can subscribe to the list and get input from those running 
the test versions and most likely encountered the problem before and 
solved it. Attaching to a bug with your symptoms or creating a bug 
report if none exist would most likely resolve the problem that you are 
getting.

The link to the test list is below.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list

Jim

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection