On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:06:58 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > 1916 The display on my main F8 machine looked a little odd; so I went to > Main Menu > System > Administration > Display ; gave the root password ; > found it set to the next bigger monitor than my Acer AL1916, which is > 1280x1024 -- despite the fact that Fedora on that machine (but not my > others) does recognize the monitor. (The others, behind the same KVM > switch -- all installed with peripherals connected directly, *not* > behind the switch -- don't even list it, and have to be set for generic > LCD 1280x1024.) > > Then I logged out and back in. > > The display still looks odd, though in a different way. > > But it won't let me tinker. I get as far as giving the root > password, but the system-config-display GUI, or whatever it is, never > launches! I now see this : [root@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@topblack btth]# -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora 8; Alpine 0.99999, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2.0.3, Epiphany 2.20, Opera 9.24, Firefox 2.0 Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list