On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/01/2011 05:25 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 00:30:26 -0400, >>> Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Hello Fellow Users, >>>> >>>> after installing F14, the monitor resolution defaults to 960x600, >>>> whereas my BenQ FP 757 has 1280 x 1024. There must be some >>>> interface (or driver?) problem, since Preferences->Monitor does not >>>> allow me to change to the desired resolution. I did not find any hints >>>> on how to proceed in the docs.fedoraproject.org F14 installation guide. >>> >>> Does that monitor do proper EDID? If not you'll need to use an xorg.conf >>> file to add mode lines for it. >> >> Appreciate the response. >> >> I do not know how to find out if the monitor does proper EDID. >> Can I query manually? > > Look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file while X11 is running.... > [...] > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) > -- xorg.conf exists now. Contains Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "vesa" EndSection Xorg.0.log is long. Rather than attaching the whole thing, let me try to select what might be relevant (my comments via #BU:) [...] [ 2469.030] Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us rhgb nomodeset quiet [...] [ 2469.034] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" [ 2469.034] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 2469.034] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 2469.035] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. [ 2469.036] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. [ 2469.036] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0) [ 2469.036] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" [ 2469.036] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using the first device section listed. [ 2469.036] (**) | |-->Device "Videocard0" [ 2469.036] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using a default monitor configuration. [...] [ 2469.037] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" [ 2469.037] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices. [...] [ 2469.034] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" [ 2469.034] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 2469.034] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [...] #BU: here many extensions & modules are loaded, amongst others... [ 2469.057] (II) Loading extension DRI2 [ 2469.057] (II) LoadModule: "vesa" [ 2469.058] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so [ 2469.059] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 2469.059] compiled for 1.8.99.904, module version = 2.3.0 [ 2469.059] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 2469.059] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0 [ 2469.059] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa [ 2469.059] (--) using VT number 7 #BU: ... followed by many modes (each having some 40 attributes). [ 2469.929] Mode: 102 (800x600) [...] #BU: and one of the modes has my desired resolution: [ 2469.966] Mode: 107 (1280x1024) [...] #BU: but later sadly ... [ 2470.149] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name) Does this help to clarify? I can attach the whole thing if that's better. Burkhard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
