On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:11:28 -0600, Jeff Krebs wrote: > * Beartooth Sciurivore (beartooth@xxxxxxxx) wrote: >> 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]# > What video card are you using? <sigh> Both the nice hardware browsers I used to (try to) use in F7 seem to have evaporated. How do I ask from the CLI? > You say the display is "larger". Try the command: > > xrandr [root@topblack btth]# xrandr Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 720, maximum 1280 x 720 default connected 1280x720 0.0 1024x640 0.0 1024x600 0.0 1024x576 0.0 960x600 0.0 1024x512 0.0 800x600 61.0 720x576 0.0 848x480 0.0 720x540 0.0 800x480 0.0 720x480 0.0 640x480 60.0 [root@topblack btth]# The entry about maximum is definitely wrong. > 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. Well, it looks above like you were close. > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389291 Much of that is over my head, but it helps. Thanks! Fwiw, two other F8 machines behind the same KVM switch (Vastech 4- port -- a Taiwanese generic, I believe) have no problem. I installed, as usual, onto each machine with all peripherals connected directly, and only put them back behind the switch when all installs (and immediate yum updates) were complete. > 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. Done. I'll log out and back in in a few minutes ... -- 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.
