f10 install - low screen resolution

[Bill Davidsen]

Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 23:59 +0930, Tim wrote:
>> On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 11:04 -0700, Mike Wright wrote:
>>> What I don't understand is that this display adapter has worked
>>> beautifully in fc4, fc6, and fc8 installations.
>> Changes in Xorg, over time...  The difficulty with a live CD is that
>> it's virtually fixed with the original software, no updates.  It's not
>> uncommon to find that people who've installed an OS (to writeable
>> media), and had graphics problems, that they've gone away after a "yum
>> update".
> ----
> much of this could be resolved by more people running the testing
> versions and reporting issues with various hardware BEFORE it is
> released.
> 
FC11 has not been released, and this problem goes back to FC9 at least, that 
certain monitors are mis-detected and are either too high or low in resolution. 
There should be one more install in addition to text and graphic (automatic) 
modes, and that is install with vga=ask to let the user pick the resolution needed.

You can't imagine how unreadable 640x480 is on a 42" HDTV, you need the wireless 
keyboard and mouse to get about fifteen feet away. Or to enter the correct 
resolution, but many users don't know how to do that.

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