FC5 laptop install; incorrect graphics driver
Nikhil Fernandes
njfernandes at gmail.com
Tue May 2 00:32:08 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 01:53 +0200, Colin Brace wrote:
> On 5/2/06, Colin Brace <cb at lim.nl> wrote:
>
> > Is there some config program I should run?
>
> OK, I see where, system-config-display.
>
> It is excruciating to do run a GUI program since there is no visible
> mouse pointer and the screen redraw is messed up.
>
> Alas, it doesn't offer the resolution of the laptop screen, ie,
> 1200x800. So I try 800X600, but things are still screwed up.
>
> Bah, this is really irritating; FC3 and FC4 installed fine on this
> laptop, as did Ubuntu. :(
>
> --
> Colin Brace
> Amsterdam
>
In your xorg.conf, in the section "Screen", add a mode for 1200x800 like
this. It might work.
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> Modes "1200x800" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
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