F8 display misbehaving -- update

[Jeff Krebs]

* Beartooth Sciurivore (beartooth at swva.net) wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:06:58 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
> 
> > 1916	The display on my main F8 machine looked a little odd; so I went 
> to
> > Main Menu > System > Administration > Display ; gave the root password ;
> > found it set to the next bigger monitor than my Acer AL1916, which is
> > 1280x1024 -- despite the fact that Fedora on that machine (but not my
> > others) does recognize the monitor. (The others, behind the same KVM
> > switch -- all installed with peripherals connected directly, *not*
> > behind the switch -- don't even list it, and have to be set for generic
> > LCD 1280x1024.)
> > 
> > 	Then I logged out and back in.
> > 
> > 	The display still looks odd, though in a different way.
> > 
> > 	But it won't let me tinker. I get as far as giving the root
> > password, but the system-config-display GUI, or whatever it is, never
> > launches!
> 
> 	I now see this : 
> 
> [root at topblack btth]# system-config-display
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 381, in <module>
>     dialog = xConfigDialog.XConfigDialog(hardware_state, xconfig, 
> rhpxl.videocard.VideoCardInfo())
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xConfigDialog.py", line 533, in 
> __init__
>     self.state.recalc_mode()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 387, in 
> recalc_mode
>     self.colordepth = availableDepth[-1]
> IndexError: list index out of range
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> [root at topblack btth]# 
> 
> 
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What video card are you using?

You say the display is "larger".  Try the command:

xrandr

See what devices are displayed. My Radeon card, in addition to the VGA, 
also has a "phantom" monitor off the DVI port.  If I disable the DVI 
port (as I have nothing connected), X only uses the VGA port.

I'm suspecting that your oversize screen is set to 1360X768.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389291

I've added the following line to my .bash_profile file in $HOME:

/usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-0 --off

You may have to use DVI-1 instead of 0.


Jeff Krebs