On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:44:55 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, François Cami wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:57:35 -0400 (EDT) > > "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > following up on an earlier post, the only way i could install f11 > > > beta on a new gateway m-1626 with a 1280x800 display and a radeon > > > xpress 1270 video chipset was to select "simple video driver." > > > > > > is there a graphical way to adjust this, or should > > > i fix this by manually editing xorg.conf? > > > > 0. patch your system up to kernel-2.6.29.1-54.fc11 and > > xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.12.1-10.fc11 . Those are available from koji : > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=97202 > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=96839 > > 1. rename xorg.conf to xorg.conf-backup > > 2. check grub.conf for "nomodeset" and remove it as needed (a backup > > of the original grub.conf is advisable as well) > > 3. reboot. > > > > You should be using the radeon driver in KMS mode. > > > > If that fails, boot without KMS (add nomodeset to the kernel command > > line). If that still fails, boot into runlevel 3 (add 3 to the > > kernel command line) and switch back grub.conf and xorg.conf to the > > original state. > > done all that, no change. At this point, please file a bug. We'll take it from there. Cheers François -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
