Bug 201326
| Summary: | Excessive resolution chosen by "X" server | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Joachim Frieben <jfrieben> |
| Component: | xorg-x11-server | Assignee: | Adam Jackson <ajax> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | rawhide | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2006-08-20 10:22:59 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Created attachment 133630 [details]
Configuration file "xorg.conf" produced by "anaconda"
Created attachment 133631 [details]
"Xorg.0.log" for original "xorg.conf"
I had reported trouble with "old style anaconda" earlier in bug 162466. What happens when you specify Option "UseBIOS" "false" in the savage's Driver section? (Please attach Xorg.0.log from attempting it.) Created attachment 133689 [details]
"xorg.conf" produced by "anaconda" plus "UseBIOS" option
Created attachment 133690 [details]
"Xorg.0.log" for original "xorg.conf" plus "UseBIOS" option
For today's "boot.iso", the graphical installer fails completely. After installing the system from scratch in text mode, there is some "xorg.conf" file but the driver is set to "vesa". Anyway, "firstboot" fails, and it continues to do so after setting the driver type to "savage". Adding 'Option "UseBIOS" "false"' does not help either as the attached "X" log file demonstrates. Only after adding the correct video mode "1280x1024" to the "Screen" section and adding a previously missing "Monitor" section to "xorg.conf", the "X" server is launched successfully. The grapical installer failure is tracked in bug 200998. Works for the current "rawhide" tree at least since 2006-08-13. |
Description of problem: Since the recent major overhaul of the "anaconda/firstboot" approach to setting up the "X" configuration, the resulting "xorg.conf" file essentially contains minimum information on the video settings; in particular, no explicit video modes (e.g. "1280x1024") are included at all. In my case of an "IBM ThinkPad T23" attached to an "LG L1710B" flat panel monitor ("1280x1024"), the "X" server defaults to a resolution of "1400x1050" which is obviously incorrect. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-14.fc6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora Core development. 2. Boot into graphical mode. Actual results: The image is highly distorted and fuzzy due to the "1400x1050" mode at 75 Hz imposed on a "1280x1024" display. Expected results: The "X" server should default to some sane setting. Additional info: After adding the correct mode of "1280x1024" to "xorg.conf", the "X" server gets it right. After adding the frequency limits of the "L1710B", too, the image is even crisp and clear at 60 Hz, whereas it was fuzzy at the 75 Hz chosen by the "X" server. Concerning the latter, 75 Hz actually correspond to the manufacturer specification, .. heaven knows why!