Re: F18 doesn't see full laptop screen resolution

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On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 18:48 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2013-02-01 15:37 (GMT-0800) Adam Williamson composed:
> 
> > On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 15:41 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote:
> 
> >> So really, to me, this suggests that we should hide the 'nomodeset'
> >> install option a little better.  I suspect that showing it early in the
> >> install process suggests to people that it's somehow more likely to
> >> succeed and therefore desirable.
> 
> > I don't see how we could show it any _later_ - it has to be before the
> > kernel is booted, obviously. Or do you just mean 'put it lower in the
> > list of options'?
> 
> Maybe what should happen is when basic graphics mode has been selected at 
> installation, an extra stanza should be added to grub.cfg, an additional one 
> containing nomodeset and labeled something like failsafe or nomodeset 
> fallback or video setup mode, and the default/first omitting it.

Sure, because we absolutely need to make our grub configuration *more*
complex and fragile!
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