Anaconda still uses 800x600 for "unknown monitor", although some video card drivers in X do correctly then cut it down to 640x480. With no known monitor data and autodetection it should be using 640x480@60Hz. Anything else is unsafe.
This default is definitely detrimental to laptop users. post-installation also allows the user to set colour depth and default resolution (boot after removing install CD). When i chose 1400x1050, it was not added to the XF86Config file.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=115501 is the bug i referred to.
We default to 800x600 like we have for _years_ now Alan. 'linux lowres' exists for people trying to use ancient hardware.
And I've been reporting this as a bug for years too. It doesnt alter the fact that the 800x600 default for an unknown monitor is not merely wrong, its capable of physically destroying the system. Ask Mike Harris about vga timing and probing assumptions if you doubt me, or have a look at how the ATI drivers and/or windows default. If you get a DDC probe for the display, then great use 800x600, if you get no DDC its not safe
My non-ancient Dell Inspiron 600m LCD display (april 2003) does not seem to report timings to ddcprobe. It returns a display name, but not horizontal/vertical freq. With the ATI xfree driver, i must CTRL-ALT-+ my way to 640x480 to continue installation with xfree. This is definitely not a command sequence a typical new linux user would be aware of. Without changing resolution, a blank screen is all that is presented.
We're not changing from this.