F8 display misbehaving -- update

[Jeff Krebs]

* Beartooth Sciurivore (beartooth at swva.net) wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:11:28 -0600, Jeff Krebs wrote:
> 
> > * Beartooth Sciurivore (beartooth at swva.net) wrote:
> 
> >> 	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]#
> 
> > What video card are you using?
> 
> 	<sigh> Both the nice hardware browsers I used to (try to) use in 
> F7 seem to have evaporated. How do I ask from the CLI?
> 
> > You say the display is "larger".  Try the command:
> > 
> > xrandr
> 
> [root at topblack btth]# xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 720, maximum 1280 x 720
> default connected
>    1280x720        0.0  
>    1024x640        0.0  
>    1024x600        0.0  
>    1024x576        0.0  
>    960x600         0.0  
>    1024x512        0.0  
>    800x600        61.0  
>    720x576         0.0  
>    848x480         0.0  
>    720x540         0.0  
>    800x480         0.0  
>    720x480         0.0  
>    640x480        60.0  
> [root at topblack btth]# 
> 
> 	The entry about maximum is definitely wrong. 
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 	Well, it looks above like you were close.
>  
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389291
> 
> 	Much of that is over my head, but it helps. Thanks! 
> 
> 	Fwiw, two other F8 machines behind the same KVM switch (Vastech 4-
> port -- a Taiwanese generic, I believe) have no problem. I installed, as 
> usual, onto each machine with all peripherals connected directly, and 
> only put them back behind the switch when all installs (and immediate yum 
> updates) were complete.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 	Done. I'll log out and back in in a few minutes ...
> 
> -- 
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Nope.  You only have the VGA port active.  That's good.

For some reason X isn't finding your monitor.  My /etc/X11/xorg.conf has 
the following entries for my Acer1916W (at 1440X900):

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1440x900"
	DisplaySize  365 228
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    31.5 - 100.0
	VertRefresh  59.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "ATI Radeon"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1440x900" "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Try using:
/usr/bin/system-config-display

and setting the Monitor Type to "LCD Panel 1440x900"

You'll want display size at "336 269"

Jeff Krebs