On 02/18/13 14:19, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Trying to install Fedora 18 on an older motherboard that has video > built-in using an ATI Mach64. > > Install seemed to go thru fine, and login screen is fine, but then > after logging in I got the top bar and side ICONs seem to work > fine, but if background image seems to be half width, and > magenta. Can bring up system settings, and then display, but > have to use keys since the mouse position isn't matching. Screen > is showing as LAPTOP, and it originally shows a 2000+ x 1024 > screen, but then options only showed 1024x768 and 800x400. > Selecting either and applying gives the box if image is ok, but it is > diagonal? > > Found that the xorg driver for mach64 was not installed, so > installed it. No difference. > > Ran Xorg -configure, which I had tried earlier, but it only came up > with a 640x480 screen. This time, the little round icon comes up in > the lower right corner a few times, and then machine completely > locks and requires a hard power off. > > Motherboard doesn't have agp slots, so putting a different video > card isn't really an option. Have tried using vnc to connect, but it is > just coming up with an OPPS screen. > > Older video cards may not play well with GNOME 3. Have you tried running a different desktop such as KDE or Xfce? As for VNC, it too doesn't work well (very little testing on my part) so I just use a very simple xstartup. #!/bin/sh #xrdb $HOME/.Xresources #I have no .Xresources file xsetroot -solid grey exec startkde -- Don't be bullied by the judgmental grammar and spelling police. -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
