low res video mode

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:35:18 -0500,
  glenn <gsimpson at mountaincable.net> wrote:
> 
> In the good case, the monitor is detected as a "KDS visual-sensation" 
> model, while in the alternate case it does not recognize the monitor and 
> thus assumes it is a generic monitor.  This latter result limits the res 
> offered to either VGA or SVGA ONLY.
> 
> This is NOT a problem with any distro prior to FC6.  If I swap hard 
> drives to an FC5 (or FC4), the monitor is always detected correctly and 
> the full set of modes are offered.

I have a bugzilla entry in for a similar issue where my LCD monitor wasn't
detected. I used system-config to set the appropiate monitor and then I
could select the native resolution in my user preferences.