Description of problem: I have built a custom Netboot setup (loosely based on the Slim project) but I would like to make use of the autoconfigation tools that are part of fedora core. To this end I would like to be able to set the default resolution (that kudzu and system-config-display pick if they can't get one off a monitor). Currently I can do this by hacking the source of xhwstate.py and rebuilding the rpm but this is less than ideal as a long term solution. I would really like to have a file in /etc/sysconfig that would allow me to tweak defaults like this. I know that this can "give you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot" but assuming there are big warnings in the config file and sensible defaults I think that this is a useful enhancement Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhpl-0.167-1 How reproducible: Always (assuming a monitor that doesn't DCC correctly) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run kudzu / system-config-display with a none dcc monitor (or in my case I have a lot of monitors that return incorrect dcc data) 2. 3. Actual results: kudzu or system-config-display (without flags) produces a 800x600 display Expected results: Additional info:
What sorts of hacks are you doing to xhwstate.py? I don't think putting the resolution into a file is going to go over very well, but perhaps we can make rhpxl (the x portions of what were in rhpl) easier to use for you.
Created attachment 119853 [details] This is the patch I use to force a default monitor that can do 1024x768 This is the patch I use to force a default monitor that can do 1024x768
Created attachment 119854 [details] This is the patch I use to force a default res of 1024x768 @16bit This is the patch I use to force a default res of 1024x768 @16bit
We are now using X's autoconfiguration and detection code for all this stuff. Please try with FC6 test 2 and let me know if this is more suitable for what you are trying to achieve.