Bug 88269 – ATI Rage Mobility redhat-config-xfree86 creates bad /etc/X11/XF86Config

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Bug 88269 - ATI Rage Mobility redhat-config-xfree86 creates bad /etc/X11/XF86Config

Summary:	ATI Rage Mobility redhat-config-xfree86 creates bad /etc/X11/XF86Config

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	redhat-config-xfree86 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	9
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Brent Fox
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Reported:	2003-04-08 10:31 EDT by adam allen
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:52 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-09-11 14:55:58 EDT
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Description adam allen 2003-04-08 10:31:15 EDT

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.6 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020830

Description of problem:
Relating to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82141 


During install of shrike, it believes that the maximum resolution of the card
(ATI-Rage Mobility) is 800x600; it is infact 1024x768.

After installation using redhat-config-xfree86 the maximum resolution supported
can be selected upto 1920x1440, I'm guessing this drop-down box doesn't really
know the underlying hardware capabilities.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Dell Latitude L400 (ATI Rage Mobility) 
2. Install, set resolution to 800x600 during install
3. Use redhat-config-xfree86 to change resolution to 1024x768
    

Actual Results:  /etc/X11/XF86Config 
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection

User can set any resolution in redhat-config-xfree86; it is ignored.

Expected Results:  /etc/X11/XF86Config 
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection


Additional info:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x
(rev 64)

Comment 1 adam allen 2003-04-13 12:51:17 EDT

This behaviour was also found on an Nvidia Geforce 2 card.

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2003-06-02 14:28:12 EDT

The behavior that you're seeing in the installer is most likely because the
installer could not probe the LCD monitor.  I suspect that if you picked
"Generic Laptop Display Panel 1024x768" in the monitor list, you would have seen
a resolution option for 1024x768.

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2003-06-02 14:46:41 EDT

Also, a workaround for this bug is to go into the monitor dialog in
redhat-config-xfree86 and select the Generic Laptop Display 1024x768 monitor. 
That should allow the 1024x768 resolution setting to take place.

Comment 4 Brent Fox 2003-09-11 14:55:58 EDT

I am unable to reproduce this on my Compaq Presario 1700T, which has an ATI Rage
Mobility video chipset.  Closing as 'worksforme'

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