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Description of problem: New Macbook Air 2012 editions come with "Intel HD Graphics 3000" graphics cards. However, after installing Fedora 16 the selectable screen resolutions are limited to a single 1024x768 rather than the 1366x768. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 16 kernel-3.1.6-1.fc16.i686 xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-4.fc16.i686 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Take a new Macbook Air 2012 (feature Intel HD Graphics 3000) 2. Install Fedora 16 3. Go to Applications / System Tools / system settings / Displays 4. Note that only 1024 x 768 available Actual results: Only 1024x768 resolution available Expected results: 1366x768 should be available Additional info: Hardware described: [pross@macbook ~]$ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) [pross@macbook ~]$ dmesg | grep intel [ 0.987336] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x21120 [ 0.987338] intel_idle: v0.4 model 0x2A [ 0.987340] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0xffffffff [ 0.987860] ACPI: acpi_idle yielding to intel_idle [ 1.364766] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel Sandybridge Chipset [ 1.364836] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 2097152K total, 262144K mappable [ 1.366311] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 65536K stolen memory [ 1.366435] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0x90000000 [ 6.164634] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 [pross@macbook ~]$ dmesg | grep vga [ 0.459677] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:02.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none [ 0.459686] vgaarb: loaded [ 0.459688] vgaarb: bridge control possible 0000:00:02.0
Do you still see this with newer kernels? If so, please attach full dmesg and Xorg.0.log.
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This has been fixed on later kernels 3.2.6-3 and verified as no working. Requires removing "nomodeset" from the boot parameters.