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From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040422 Description of problem: Hello, This is an issue that was introduced in FC2 T3. I didn't face it in FC2 T1 and T2. I have a 1600x1200 LCD Panel and a ATI Radeon Mobility M9 (9000) video card. I have no display problem at all: the screen resolution is 1600x1200 as it should be. The only problem is that system-config-display ("System Settings" -> "Display") only lets me choose between the 800x600 and 640x480 resolutions. This can confuse users when system-config-display is run during the first boot. Here are the corresponding sections in my /etc/X11/XF86Config file: Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "ATI Radeon Mobility M9" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Don't hesitate to ask me for more details! Thank you for everything! :-) Michael. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-6.7.0-0.5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run system-config-display Additional info:
I removed the below subsection: SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection ... and restarted the X server. This didn't have any impact on the behaviour of system-config-display.
I experienced the same problem on a machine with an Intel I810 graphics card and a HP A4033A 21" monitor capable of 1600x1200.
Basically the same here on this Gateway M500 but xorg sets the res to 1024x768 instead of the 1280x854 the system uses. I added the ModeLine to xorg.conf, it did work on the initial X startup but fails to use 1280x854 on subsequent starts. My xorg.conf (partial): Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x854" HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 VertRefresh 40.0 - 60.0 Option "dpms" ModeLine "1280x854" 85.26 1280 1296 1552 1792 854 854 861 892 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1280X854" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection I have used these parameters since FC1 with success...
Created attachment 99881 [details] My last xorg.0.log
OK guys, for some reason I was able to get the 1280x854 screen resolution simply by adding one '#' to the SubSection/Modes line, as in: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1280X854" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Upon the next reboot, I had a 1280x854 screeen resolution!!! This will give me but one screen resolution but one is all I need. Now if only I could get my Gnome system sounds to work... Thanks guys...
This may seem a little "simple-minded", but I found that I cound get around this problem with the following procedure: 1. Select "system settings" and then "display" 2. Then I changed my monitor to some other monitor, clicked "OK" 3. Then immediately change the monitor back and click "OK". This refreshes the display resolution list, allowing selection of the correct resolution. A quick reboot and I had the resolution I wanted).
I have a similar problem with an Optiquest Q41 monitor. System-display-settings lets me choose 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768. However it will only boot up on 640x480 no matter what setting I choose. This is reflected in the Gnome settings for screeen resolution that only lets me choose 640x480.
Same for me runnig an Athlon XP1700+ with a Radeon 7500... Looks like I'm gonna have to play... Tim
Michael: Please update your system to all of the latest packages from rawhide, and then remove the XF86Config file or rename it to something else as a backup. After that, rerun "system-config-display --reconfig" which will generate a new config file from scratch. Try this config out, and if the problem persists, edit the config file, which should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf and go to the monitor section. If the monitor section contains commented out stuff, uncomment it and restart X and see if that makes a difference. Then attach your current xorg.conf, and the X server log file to the report using the file attachment below, and we can troubleshoot further. Nils: Your problem is possibly the same, but may be a different problem also. The Intel i810 video driver is strictly limited to using the video modes built into the VESA BIOS, which on many systems restricts the available modes considerably. In many cases for example, there are laptop displays which are 1400x1050 native resolution, but the BIOS on board does not support 1400x1050, so Linux users are stuck using a non-native resolution, or using a stretched display. This is a limitation in the video BIOS which is unavoidable on many laptop LCD panels, and also on DFP displays connected to Intel video hardware. If you're using a CRT, the video mode limitation also applies, however you won't see a stretched display. Others who are experiencing problems should try the advice I've provided to Michael above also. Your problems may be the same issue, or may be completely different issues with similar symptoms. Thanks in advance for your testing. I'll re-review this report in the future once the requested files have been attached, and troubleshoot further.
This report and/or one of the other problems reported above, may be a duplicate of bug #120950. You may wish to review that report for comparison/troubleshooting, etc. Please indicate if you think it is the same as the issue you're experiencing. Thanks in advance.
Hi Mike, I followed your guidelines: upgraded to all available updates and moved away the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. However, I couldn't run the below command: > system-config-display --reconfig Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 412, in ? hardware_state.merge_into(xconfig) NameError: name 'hardware_state' is not defined So, I just ran: > system-config-display * ddcprobe returned bogus values: ID: None Name: None HorizSync: None VertSync: None Trying with card: ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Still had only access to 640x480 (default) and 800x600. I got the below /etc/X11/xorg.conf file: http://michaelo.free.fr/issues/display_config_may6_2004/xorg.conf.0 I uncommented stuff in the Monitor section as you suggested and got: http://michaelo.free.fr/issues/display_config_may6_2004/xorg.conf.1 Then I restarted X and end up with a 640x480 resolution. Here's the X log file in /var/log before (http://michaelo.free.fr/issues/display_config_may6_2004/Xorg.0.log.0) and after restarting X (http://michaelo.free.fr/issues/display_config_may6_2004/Xorg.0.log.1) Fortunately, when I ran system-config-display then, I could select the 1600x1200 resolution. Here's the X config file that I got: http://michaelo.free.fr/issues/display_config_may6_2004/xorg.conf.2 ... and the X log file after restarting X and getting back to the correct resolution: http://michaelo.free.fr/issues/display_config_may6_2004/Xorg.0.log.2 Then, I reran system-config-display and once more got stuck with only the 640x480 and 800x600 choices. Sorry for just reporting raw data to you and not really investigating... I'm pretty busy with other things at the moment. If you have a fix for the "--reconfig" option, I'll be glad to try again! Thanks for everything! Cheers, Michael.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 120950 ***
Confirming that this issue no longer happens to me in FC2 final. Thanks for everything! Cheers, Michael.
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.