Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-06 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/03/13 05:57, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 03/03/2013 04:57 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: Ok, this is the relevant portion of the file: [31.968] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output VGA-0 [31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA-0 [31.968] (II) RADEO

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-03 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/03/2013 04:57 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: Ok, this is the relevant portion of the file: [31.968] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output VGA-0 [31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA-0 [31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-03 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:24:57 -0500 "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: > On 03/02/2013 01:40 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > On 03/02/2013 04:24 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > >> If it was a clean install, you should send us the content > >> of /var/log/Xorg.0.log file (it ma

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/02/2013 03:49 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote: On 03/01/2013 12:48 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. Just for grins, have you tried without a

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 03/01/2013 12:48 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. Just for grins, have you tried without any conf file at all? I don't have one, and X a

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/02/2013 01:40 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 03/02/2013 04:24 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: If it was a clean install, you should send us the content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log file (it may be large, maybe put it in a pastebin or something). This file can tell all the details abo

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/02/2013 04:24 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: If it was a clean install, you should send us the content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log file (it may be large, maybe put it in a pastebin or something). This file can tell all the details about what is going wrong with automatic resolution detection and EDI

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/02/2013 04:24 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: Well, first of all, you probably want to put "radeon" driver up there instead of "ati". Did that ... Second, the data about your PCI hardware, including the graphics card, is displayed by "lspci -v", which should confirm that you have an ATI Radeo

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread poma
On 03/02/13 13:32, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 03/02/2013 12:36 AM, poma wrote: >> ls -l /sys/class/drm/ >> >> poma > [bobg@box10 ~]$ ls -l /sys/class/drm/ > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root0 Mar 2 2013 card0 -> > ../../devices/pci:00/:00:01.0/drm/card0 > lrwxrwxrwx

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/02/2013 12:36 AM, poma wrote: ls -l /sys/class/drm/ poma [bobg@box10 ~]$ ls -l /sys/class/drm/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root0 Mar 2 2013 card0 -> ../../devices/pci:00/:00:01.0/drm/card0 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root0 Mar 2 2013 card0-HDMI-A-1 -> ../../devices/pci:00/

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:18:21 +1030 Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 02 March 2013, Marko Vojinovic sent: > > or with a faulty VGA cable > > Or, just so nobody is left in the lurch, an apparently not faulty > brand new cable, that simply hasn't got any wiring between the two > pins that carry

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 02 March 2013, Marko Vojinovic sent: > or with a faulty VGA cable Or, just so nobody is left in the lurch, an apparently not faulty brand new cable, that simply hasn't got any wiring between the two pins that carry the EDID signals. Some cheap cables only bother wire up th

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:41:41 -0500 David wrote: > > You could use "system-config-display" to do this. But Fedora dropped > it several releases ago. Did you ever get well informed about *why* it was dropped? There was a reason for that. > And now is when you will get message after message choc

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:49:56 -0500 "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "ati" > > I wonder if the ati driver is appropriate. The processor is an AMD A8 > 3850 and the GPU is apparently integral to it.

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread poma
On 03/02/13 00:55, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 03/01/2013 06:29 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Time for the usual questions. >> >> What is the output of "xrandr"? And, is your monitor attached to your >> system via a KVM switch? >> >> -- > [bobg@box10 ~]$ xrandr > Screen 0: minimu

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread David
On 3/1/2013 7:11 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 03/01/2013 06:41 PM, David wrote: >> You could use "system-config-display" to do this. But Fedora dropped >> it several releases ago. >> >> And now is when you will get message after message chock full of helpful >> 'try this' sug

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 06:41 PM, David wrote: You could use "system-config-display" to do this. But Fedora dropped it several releases ago. And now is when you will get message after message chock full of helpful 'try this' suggestions that won't work and many 'what does some cryptic CLI command say? F

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 06:40 PM, g wrote: i was not familiar with the amd a8-3850 cpu/gpu. a quick search via ixquick.com [i am thru with gobble and their tracking] to find out a little more about the cpu/gpu chip. nothing to say how it appears. amd now owns ati, so your driver ?should? be correct. or so

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 06:29 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: Time for the usual questions. What is the output of "xrandr"? And, is your monitor attached to your system via a KVM switch? -- [bobg@box10 ~]$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread David
On 3/1/2013 1:48 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set > the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. > > I found the following:. > > [root@box10 ~]# ll /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > total 4 > -r

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread g
On 03/01/2013 09:49 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 03/01/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote: >> give this a try: <> cutting that out. sending full layout. > Well that's an improvement in that it works however I still don't have > an option of selecting higher than 1024x768. > > Section "

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/02/13 05:49, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > ell that's an improvement in that it works however I still don't have an > option of selecting higher than 1024x768. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "ati" > > I wonder if the ati dri

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote: give this a try: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "ati" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0"

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread g
On 03/01/2013 06:48 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set > the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. > > I found the following:. > > [root@box10 ~]# ll /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > total 4

F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. I found the following:. [root@box10 ~]# ll /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d total 4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 161 Feb 28 04:42 00-anaconda-keyboard.conf To which I