On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:40:05 -0400,
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > this seems like a fairly serious show-stopper -- and it seems
> > like it would be independent of any video selection for the
> > install itself. even when the install worked fine, it's the
> > firstboot that *seemed* to select a resolution of 2080x800 for a
> > 1280x800 display, making a lot of each screen inaccessible.
> >
> > suggestions? i'm willing to run some tests. the video card is
> > an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M, and i have a *long* history with ATI
> > driver grief.
>
> As a short term fix you should be able to see up an xorg.conf file
> that prefers 1280x800. I think using the modes command in the
> display section will do what you want. man xorg.conf has more
> details.
>
> I also recommend filing a bug against xorg-x11-drv-ati. That
> probably won't get a quick fix, but will at least document the
> issue.
sure, i can do that, but i'll wait for a bit to see if anyone else
has a thought. perhaps someone else is running into the same issue?
it would be nice to verify that i'm not the only one seeing this.
and i'm curious as to where X is getting the resolution of 2080x800
from.
rday
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