Issue setting KDE resolution - Fedora 12, ATI, Dell Inspiron 8600

[Rex Dieter]

Lets Go Canes wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> Installed Fedora 12 on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop, dual-boot with Windows
> XP.  I want to use a different resolution than what KDE comes up with by
> default (default is ~1900x~1200, I want 1280x800).  However, the KDE tool
> for changing resolution doesn't appear to do anything.  I googled around,
> and found suggestions for using xrandr; that attempts to change the
> resolution, but the only working, usable resolution with this method
> appears to be the default.  The desired resolution works under Windows XP.
> 
> Any suggestions?

(As root):
$ yum install system-config-display
$ system-config-display

-- Rex