Fedora Users — Re: Need help with Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook

Robert P. J. Day wrote:

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Steven J. Brown wrote:

Can anyone help me get Fedora Core running on a Dell Inspiron 8600 
notebook?  The problem is that it's got an unusual wide-screen monitor 
(runs at 1680 x 1050).   I've tried various selections  during text-mode 
installation, but none have worked so far.  I also tried manually 
inserting "1680x1050" into the XF86Config file, but that didn't help.

Any help would be appreciated.


you don't mention what kind of video card you have.

Thanks for your help. My video card is a NVidia GeForce FX 5200.

  i have an 8100 with
an nvidia geforce 2 go card, and i'm running FC 1, with the 1600x1200 LCD
display.  in fact, i don't even have the nvidia module loaded.  when i
installed FC 1, apparently, the "nv" driver worked just fine, and i have
no overwhelming need to mess with it.  i don't do high-speed games or
anything, so i'm happy so far.  i'm sure at some point i'll load the
nvidia module but, for now, it ain't broke.

anyway, here's my /etc/X11/XF86Config file, which works just peachy.

My /etc/X11/XF86Config file was almost identical to yours. I made some changes, but it's still not working.

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