On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 12:19 -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2008 16:31:29 Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 03:43:37AM -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > > > I'm trying to instal Fedora10 on my new laptop but I've run into a few > > > issues. > > > > > > It's a Dell Precision M6400 - I'm running KDE > > > > > > I have 2 issues: > > > > > > 1) I cannot get the full screen resolution > > > I can go to administration --> display and under the 'Hardwae' tab I can > > > configure the display as a generic or as a Dell 1920x1200 but no matter > > > what I choose the 'Settings' tab only lets me choose a max of 1400x1050 > > > > You may need to generate an xorg.conf file. I prefer to install the > > 'system-config-display' package, and then as root run > > 'system-config-display --reconfig'. Select your proper monitor from > > the list. When you're done, edit the 'Modes' line in the "Screen" > > section to include a mode for your actual resolution. > > > > > 2) system notification sound works, and rhythmbox sound works but no > > > other sound / players work such as amaok or Kaffiene > > > > I don't have any real KDE skills so I can't help you with this one. > > Anyone else? > > I installed the nvidia driver like this: > > 1) I installed the rpmfusion repos > 2) I did a yum install kmod-nvidia > 3) I ran nvidia-xconfig (to generate my xorg.conf file) > > Still no luck. - my current xorg.conf file is below > > I also tried running system-config-display --reconfig with no change in > results. > > > I tried adding a Modes section to the Screen section like this: > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1920x1200" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > but still no luck. If it matters, I installed CentOS and it immediately (even > without installing the nvidia drivers) gave me 1920x1200 - not sure if this is > helpful or not but it confirms that the card actually will run 1920x1200 > > > Anyone have any other Ideas? > > Thanks in advance... > > > > > # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig > # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Tue Nov 4 17:18:57 > PST 2008 > > # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "single head configuration" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # generated from default > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > > # keyboard added by rhpxl > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105+inet" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1200" > HorizSync 31.5 - 74.5 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nvidia" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Somebody recently mentioned cvt to create a Modeline Don't know if it might help to put one in This was just a note to myself about it Use cvt !! cvt 1280 1024 75 # 1280x1024 74.90 Hz (CVT 1.31M4) hsync: 80.30 kHz; pclk: 138.75 MHz Modeline "1280x1024_75.00" 138.75 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1027 1034 1072 -hsync +vsync John -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
