On 2010/03/17 13:46 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 16:24 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> Used to be able to set vga= on cmdline, and preferred resolution for X via >> xorg.conf. Now (with no EDID/DDC actually available to report display >> characteristics to the KMS kernel), how does one escape from 1024x768 in X - >> prior to starting X? I tried putting PreferredMode in xorg.conf, which failed >> to provide my selected mode in X. I also tried video="VGA-1:1600x1200@60" & >> vga=0x305 on cmdline. That gave 1600x1200 on tty[1-6], which I don't want, >> and (again) 1024x768 in X, which also I don't want. > > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 With the speed of change in X generally, and Intel drivers in particular, I was hoping for something (preferably Fedora specific, if Fedora is actually relevant on the subject) considerably newer than that page's age of 8 months. Also, it's little less cryptic than the man page, with no example what to do about --output when there is one and only one output, or finding out what the output names actually are, or the meaning of <screen> or how to distinguish it from <display>. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
