Hi all.
Reporting the resolution (no pun intended) in case anyone else has this
problem ans stumbles across this thread....
--- On Thu, 12/10/09, Lets Go Canes <letsgonhlcanes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Lets Go Canes <letsgonhlcanes@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Issue setting KDE resolution - Fedora 12, ATI, Dell Inspiron 8600
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 2:30 PM
> 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?
I was able to correct this by adding "nomodeset" to the boot command in
grub.conf.
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