On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 09:07 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > my biggest worry regarding this install was whether video would work > > properly (ati radeon xpress 200M). after the installation (which > > seemed to go fine), the reboot brought me back to the firstboot(?) > > stuff, at which point the resolution being used was off to the point > > where the "Cancel" and whatever other buttons that are normally at the > > lower right were completely invisible -- they were clearly off the > > border of the display somewhere in that direction. > > > > the only way i could get thru that firstboot content was to use TAB > > and guess which button i was pressing. i eventually got through that > > and logged in, at which point "xdpyinfo" told me it was using a > > resolution of 2080x800, when the actual display res is only 1280x800. > > > > thoughts? given that video still seems problematic, what is the > > proper protocol to deal with this? in particular, what was the proper > > approach at first reboot to be able to see the entire screen? is this > > a known issue? thanks. > > > > rday > > > > p.s. curiously, now that i'm in my desktop session, the four squares > > in the bottom right representing my 4 virtual desktops are *extremely* > > stretched horizontally, proportionate to that much larger res. and if > > i slide a window to the right and off the edge of the *visible* > > display, i can still see the square representing that window in the > > same virtual desktop, only way off to the right where it's not > > visible. > > > > so how did f12 beta come to think of my laptop as having a 2080x800 > > display? what should i have done (or be doing) differently? > > quick followup: i just popped into System->Prefs->Display, at which > point i was given a choice of resolution, the highest being the > correct one of 1280x800. i selected it, saved, and now things seem > fine. > > but it's still odd where that initial 2080x800 res came from, and > what i should have done differently to be able to see the entire > screen during firstboot. > > whoops, i just restarted the system and i'm back to 2080x800. > very strange. what's the output of 'xrandr' at a console? I suspect it thinks you have a second display attached, at resolution 800x600. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
