having installed with simple video driver, can't get 1280x800 back

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, François Cami wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:57:35 -0400 (EDT)
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
> >   following up on an earlier post, the only way i could install f11
> > beta on a new gateway m-1626 with a 1280x800 display and a radeon
> > xpress 1270 video chipset was to select "simple video driver."
> >
> > is there a graphical way to adjust this, or should
> > i fix this by manually editing xorg.conf?
>
> 0. patch your system up to kernel-2.6.29.1-54.fc11 and
>   xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.12.1-10.fc11 . Those are available from koji :
>   http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=97202
>   http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=96839
> 1. rename xorg.conf to xorg.conf-backup
> 2. check grub.conf for "nomodeset" and remove it as needed (a backup
>   of the original grub.conf is advisable as well)
> 3. reboot.

  i was already running that kernel version based on a recent "yum
update", and there is no mention of "nomodeset" in grub.conf.  i was
running the 6.12.1-9 version of the ati driver, so all i had to do was
grab the newer ati driver from koji, i updated that, rebooted, but i'm
still stuck with 1024x768.  i'll try rebooting with "nomodeset" right
away and let you know what happens.

rday
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