Re: Can't increase screen resolution (F16, KDE)

2011-11-24 Thread Burkhard Plache
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:27, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thursday 24 November 2011 10:10:43 John Aldrich wrote: >> I have Fedora 16 with a 19" flat-panel screen capable of 1280x1024, >> however, Fedora / KDE seems to not realize my monitor is capable of this >> resolution, and only offers a max

Re: Problems reading files after writing them to DVD

2011-04-14 Thread Burkhard Plache
I had the same problem (Fedora 14 up-to-date, using Brasero), and blamed it on my CD/DVD burner. Hmm. - Burkhard On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: > I've just tried archiving some of my photos to DVD. I used Brasero. > > I tried this using two different DVD drives (the one

Re: Installing F14 from DVD hangs

2011-04-06 Thread Burkhard Plache
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 19:29 -0300, Burkhard Plache wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan >> wrote: >> > On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 15:49 -0300, Burkhard Plache wrote: >> &g

Re: Installing F14 from DVD hangs

2011-04-05 Thread Burkhard Plache
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 15:49 -0300, Burkhard Plache wrote: >> After inserting the DVD, I get the menu: >> >> 1) Install a new system or upgrade an existing system >> 2) Install system with basic video driv

Installing F14 from DVD hangs

2011-04-05 Thread Burkhard Plache
Hello, I am trying to install F14 from DVD on an empty Laptop. After inserting the DVD, I get the menu: 1) Install a new system or upgrade an existing system 2) Install system with basic video driver 3) Rescue installed system 4) Boot from local drive 5) Memory test I select option 1, and afte

Re: F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-02-06 Thread Burkhard Plache
Hi Kevin, your help worked! I still do not understand the ins and outs of a monitor, but the following xorg.conf worked. The System->Preferences->Monitor tool now offers a reasonable selection of resolution, including as a maximum the 1280x1024 value I was looking for. The xorg.conf file that fina

Re: F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-02-04 Thread Burkhard Plache
Hi Kevin, the xorg.conf file from my last email causes the boot sequence to hang after starting atd, probably while starting X. I resorted to my install cd and rescue mode to rename that xorg.conf file to get back to my previous state. - Side question: There must be a way to boot into text mode (

Re: F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-02-04 Thread Burkhard Plache
Hi Kevin, learning a bit more than I bargained for when I thought all I had ahead of me was a simple upgrade ;) On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 02/03/2011 09:09 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote: > >> Ok, here again: >> >> lspci | grep VGA >

Re: F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-02-03 Thread Burkhard Plache
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > My apologies Burkhard,  I confused your email with another I am also > helping out with.  Please ignore the response I just posted and let me > try again.  Thank-you. > >> [...] > > Well, to begin with you are using the VESA driver, which

Re: F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-02-02 Thread Burkhard Plache
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 02/01/2011 05:25 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 00:30:26 -0400, >>>  Burkhard Plache wrote: >>>> Hello Fello

Re: F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-02-02 Thread Burkhard Plache
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 00:30:26 -0400, >>  Burkhard Plache wrote: >>> Hello Fellow Users, >>> >>> after installing F14, the monitor reso

Re: F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-02-01 Thread Burkhard Plache
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 00:30:26 -0400, >  Burkhard Plache wrote: >> Hello Fellow Users, >> >> after installing F14, the monitor resolution defaults to 960x600, >> whereas my BenQ FP 757 has 1280 x 1024. There

F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

2011-01-31 Thread Burkhard Plache
Hello Fellow Users, after installing F14, the monitor resolution defaults to 960x600, whereas my BenQ FP 757 has 1280 x 1024. There must be some interface (or driver?) problem, since Preferences->Monitor does not allow me to change to the desired resolution. I did not find any hints on how to proc

F14 Install Hangs at Initalizing network drop monitor service

2011-01-26 Thread Burkhard Plache
Hello, I am encountering problems when attempting to install F14 on a Notebook (Terra Mobile 1020G Greenline). I am installing from DVD. I am installing as 1) Install a new system or upgrade an existing system After a number of screens of error messages, the computer freezes with the follow