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Description of problem:
(I'm filing this against distribution because I'm not sure whether the guilty
party is anaconda, redhat-config-xfree86, firstboot, hwdata, or something else.)

A desktop system with a Dell E171FP monitor is being automatically configured
for 1024x768. My understanding (according to my boss at work; I didn't see this
myself) is that with Red Hat 9, there was some kind of prompt for the resolution
at some point (I'm guessing firstboot). I definitely saw such a prompt in
firstboot with Red Hat 8.0 on the same type of computer/monitor.

Since that prompt is no longer there, it is now more important that the monitor
is configured correctly automatically by the time the gdm login screen appears.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora Core 0.95

How reproducible:
Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install Fedora Core.
2. Notice monitor is fuzzy (as if in non-native resolution).
3. Run redhat-config-xfree86.
4. Change the resolution.
5. Log out and back in.
6. Notice that monitor is suddenly sharp.
    

Actual Results:  See the steps themselves

Expected Results:  Ideal expected result: 1280x1024 resolution
Less-than-ideal expected result: firstboot prompts for resolution

Additional info:

[root@vap12 root]# ddcprobe 

Videocard DDC probe results
Description:  ATI Technologies Inc. R100
Memory (MB):  32

Monitor DDC probe results
ID: DEL300f
Name: Dell E171FP
Horizontal Sync (kHZ): 30-80
Vertical Sync (HZ)  : 56-76
Width (mm): 340
Height(mm): 270

Is there any way to specify in hwdata or whatever that a monitor absolutely
should be set to a certain resolution by default if at all possible, even if it
happens to support other resolutions? The only way I can think of doing that
would involve adding a new field in MonitorsDB...

(BTW, MonitorsDB says "DEL300F" while ddcprobe says "DEL300f". Notice "F" vs.
"f". Would that cause any misbehavior?)