On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 03:11 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > The only new thing I see that isn't working correctly is the screen > resolution. It boots up as an Unknown monitor at 1280x1024. There's no > system-config-display utility to change it to 1600x1200. lspci correctly > identifies my ATI video chipset: > > [root@localhost ~] lspci | grep ATI > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x [rev 02] > > Somehow that particular version has never been included in the R128 > driver's list of chipsets. The closest match in /var/log/Xorg.0.log is: > > ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP) That's not actually different. X drivers (with a bare handful of exceptions, rage128 not among them) don't consider PCI revision when driving a display, only vendor and device ID. > A few lines later in Xorg.0.log the LCD panel is correctly detected: > [ 318.256] (**) R128(0): Using flat planel for display > [ 318.257] (II) R128(0): Primary Display == Type 2 > [ 318.257] (II) R128(0): Panel size: 1600x1200 > [ 318.257] (II) R128(0): Panel ID: LG.PHILIPS LP150U1-A2 > [ 318.257] (II) R128(0): Panel Type: Color, Single, TFT > [ 318.257] (II) R128(0): Panel Interface: LVDS > > Yet the desktop still comes up in 1280x1024, the highest resolution > available with System -> Preferences -> Monitors. It's being prevented > from using 1600x1200 by the default hsync: > > [ 318.280] (II) R128(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 31.50-74.01 kHz > ... Try this driver build: http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-drv-r128/6.8.1/5.fc15/ Download that on the live system, install it, and then log out of X and back in so the server will restart and pick up the new driver. - ajax
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