[CentOS] X defaults

Michael Hennebry
Mon, 23 Nov 2020 03:10:27 -0000

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 15:51, Michael Hennebry <
> hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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)
>>
>>
> OK most of the references I see to this card are before 2014, so I am not
> sure if this gets any testing in Fedora anymore. The resolution on the
> monitor is 'odd' compared to what the various drivers are listed to
support
> (640x480, 1024x768, 1920x1080) so again I am not much help here.
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Fudge, I should know that. Sorry for a wild goose chase. I would see if the
> CentOS8 installer goes into X with a larger than 640x480

I just managed to install to an SD card.
Default Centos 8 gives me 1440 x 900.
Installing to a removable drive would seem
a useful substitute for a live CD.

At one point Centos 8 or Gnome gave me a screen with a big date and time on it.
Could not figure out what to do with it.
Had to reboot.

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