I've been trying to move from Centos 7 to fedora.
My monitor is 1440x900, but fedora only believes it's 640x480.
Grrrr.
xrandr has not helped.
I've been trying to write X configuration files to tell fedora 1440x900,
but no joy.
Is there a way to get X to tell me its current beliefs,
very preferably in configuration file format?
According to the log file on Centos, everything was defaulted or probed.
It contains no numbers.
My guess is that fedora has different defaults and they are wrong for me.
I've had problems like this before,
so I'm unwilling to install until I know I can run a live version.
That makes life clunky.
I have to boot to non-graphics, do my editing and change the runlevel.
--
Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number,
a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin."
-- someeecards
On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 13:20, Michael Hennebry < hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:> > I've been trying to move from Centos 7 to fedora. > My monitor is 1440x900, but fedora only believes it's 640x480. > Grrrr. > xrandr has not helped. > I've been trying to write X configuration files to tell fedora 1440x900, > but no joy. > Is there a way to get X to tell me its current beliefs, > very preferably in configuration file format? > >1. What kind of video card is this? 2.How is the video connected to the monitor? (DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort/VGA) 3. What kind of monitor is it? 4. What version of Fedora and is Fedora trying to do X or Wayland? Sometimes if Fedora can only go to generic 640x480 the video card is no longer 'supported' by the various X11 drivers.. or the data that the monitor is returning to say what it can support is coming back as 640x480. Finally this may do better on a fedora mailing list (but they will ask the same questions). For a CentOS viewpoint I would ask if it happens if you run CentOS-8 (try via a live cd) on the box. If it does happen, then it is a problem between Fedora-18 and Fedora-28. If it doesn't happen then it is a problem between Fedora 28 and the version of Fedora you are trying. According to the log file on Centos, everything was defaulted or probed.> It contains no numbers. > My guess is that fedora has different defaults and they are wrong for me. > > I've had problems like this before, > so I'm unwilling to install until I know I can run a live version. > That makes life clunky. > I have to boot to non-graphics, do my editing and change the runlevel. > > -- > Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu > "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, > a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." > -- > someeecards > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Stephen J Smoogen.
On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:47:40 -0400 Stephen John Smoogen wrote:> I would ask if it happens if you > run CentOS-8 (try via a live cd) on the box.Is a Centos 8 live image available anywhere? I would love to have one for hardware compatibility testing when looking for new laptops and such. -- Can we uninstall 2020 and install it again? This one has a virus. MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 13:20, Michael Hennebry < > hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > >> I've been trying to move from Centos 7 to fedora. >> My monitor is 1440x900, but fedora only believes it's 640x480.> 1. What kind of video card is this? > 2.How is the video connected to the monitor? (DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort/VGA) > 3. What kind of monitor is it? > 4. What version of Fedora and is Fedora trying to do X or Wayland?00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q33 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) Acer V193w Fedora 32, X> Sometimes if Fedora can only go to generic 640x480 the video card is no > longer 'supported' by the various X11 drivers.. or the data that the > monitor is returning to say what it can support is coming back as 640x480. > Finally this may do better on a fedora mailing list (but they will ask the > same questions). For a CentOS viewpoint I would ask if it happens if you > run CentOS-8 (try via a live cd) on the box. If it does happen, then it is > a problem between Fedora-18 and Fedora-28. If it doesn't happen then it is > a problem between Fedora 28 and the version of Fedora you are trying.IIRC Centos 8 does not have a live version. I expect Fedora-18 to 32 do. Just rediscoverd Xorg --configure . Do not remember how I used it. Not sure how I should. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards