On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:06:58 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
> 1916 The display on my main F8 machine looked a little odd; so I went
to
> Main Menu > System > Administration > Display ; gave the root password ;
> found it set to the next bigger monitor than my Acer AL1916, which is
> 1280x1024 -- despite the fact that Fedora on that machine (but not my
> others) does recognize the monitor. (The others, behind the same KVM
> switch -- all installed with peripherals connected directly, *not*
> behind the switch -- don't even list it, and have to be set for generic
> LCD 1280x1024.)
>
> Then I logged out and back in.
>
> The display still looks odd, though in a different way.
>
> But it won't let me tinker. I get as far as giving the root
> password, but the system-config-display GUI, or whatever it is, never
> launches!
I now see this :
[root@topblack btth]# system-config-display
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 381, in <module>
dialog = xConfigDialog.XConfigDialog(hardware_state, xconfig,
rhpxl.videocard.VideoCardInfo())
File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xConfigDialog.py", line 533, in
__init__
self.state.recalc_mode()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 387, in
recalc_mode
self.colordepth = availableDepth[-1]
IndexError: list index out of range
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[root@topblack btth]#
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Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8; Alpine 0.99999, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2.0.3, Epiphany 2.20, Opera 9.24, Firefox 2.0
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
