Description of problem: After installing, system-config-display allows me to select screen resolutions of 640x480 and 800x600 only. Manually editing the xorg.conf file and setting the required resolution to 1440x900, I get a "desktop-in-desktop" effect. That is to say that whole desktop displays at 1440x900 but I will have another 800x600 "desktop" in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Any application that is within that 800x600 space will be maximized to that 800x600 "desktop" space, while applications that are outside can be maximized to full screen. Attached is a picture of yumex and the 2 gnome panels being constrained within the 800x600 "desktop" while xchat is maximized to 1440x900. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 6.7.196-2.fc8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run system-config-display 2. Manually edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file 3. Restart X Actual results: 800x600 maximum resolution selectable. Manual editing of xorg.conf file results in a "desktop-in-desktop" effect where a 800x600 "desktop" exists inside a 1440x900 desktop. Expected results: system-config-display should give me the option of selecting 1440x900. Desktop should display at 1440x900 without the additional "virtual desktop" in it. Additional info: My display adapter according to lspci is: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 010a Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at de00 [size=256] Memory at feaf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fea00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 My xorg.conf look like this: # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "dri" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "LCD Panel 1440x900" HorizSync 31.5 - 80.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
Created attachment 290705 [details] Picture of desktop-in-desktop effect
All 8 systems with the same specs worked fine with Fedora 7.
Thanks for the bug report. We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue. Please attach X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachment using the bugzilla file attachment link below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf whatsoever and let X11 autodetect your display and video card? Attach to this bug /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt as well, please. We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information. Thanks in advance.
Created attachment 291363 [details] Xorg.0.log Log File
Created attachment 291364 [details] Xorg.setup.log Log File
Created attachment 291366 [details] Xorg.0.log Log File After Removing xorg.conf Xorg.0.log log file after removing xorg.conf and restarted PC. X starts in 800x600 resolution.
Similar problem on a Sony Vaio PCG-SRX51P, difference is, display is completely out of sync when manually selecting a 1024*768 TFT Display. Graphics card is Intel 82815 CGC. Would that fit in here or rather make a new bug ?
the 82815 bug is different, please file a new bug. To the original reporter, your BIOS appears to report a faulty mode for the built-in panel. Please try adding Option "PanelSize" "1400x900" to your xorg.conf device section
Alright! That seems to have nailed down the problem. Thanks!
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