On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 21:01 -0600, Josh Smith wrote: > I have a winbook a215 laptop running FC4 (2.6.14). ATI Radeon Xpress > 200m video. I can't get the ATI drivers to install, and now I can't even > get the Vesa drivers to give me the full resolution on the screen. > > The monitor supports up to 1280x800. I have set it that way in the > config and verified that mode shows up in xorg.conf. But when I go to > configure desktop and select that resolution, it won't let me. ONly > offers up to 1024x768...... > > This is the only part that isn't working right, but I am struggling. Any > help is appreciated. > Josh, The video-specific portions of the xorg.conf shown below are working with 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 (x86_64) on my HP zv6233. The flgrx kernel module was obtained from Livna. lsmod output shown to confirm fglrx is loaded. Note that DRI is disabled in xorg.conf and I am only interested in running full resolution so others are removed...I don't need 3D and I had more important fish to fry ;) As always, YMMV. HTH, Karen [xxxx@xxxx]$ /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by fglrx 512828 0 ... [xxxx@xxxx]$ rpm -qa | grep ati-fglrx ati-fglrx-8.21.7.1-0.lvn.1.4 ... Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "synaptics" # Load "dri" EndSection [non-video stuff snipped for brevity] Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x800" HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0 Option "dpms" Modeline "1280x800@60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "fglrx" VendorName "Videocard vendor" Boardname "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200M (RS480)" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection EndSection
