* Beartooth Sciurivore (beartooth@xxxxxxxx) wrote: > 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 > You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root > [root@topblack btth]# > > > -- > 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. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list What video card are you using? You say the display is "larger". Try the command: xrandr See what devices are displayed. My Radeon card, in addition to the VGA, also has a "phantom" monitor off the DVI port. If I disable the DVI port (as I have nothing connected), X only uses the VGA port. I'm suspecting that your oversize screen is set to 1360X768. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389291 I've added the following line to my .bash_profile file in $HOME: /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-0 --off You may have to use DVI-1 instead of 0. Jeff Krebs
