Sent: 11/20/2004
From: "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:You need to use the VESA driver with 8mb VRAM and the Generic LCD
monitor at the resolution that you wish to use.
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Matt wrote:
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> I was able to get Fedora Core 3 to install using the instructions from
> visualwin but I cannot get it to change to any resolution greater than
> 1024x768. The default video driver was VESA. I also tried "S3 Trio32
> (generic)" and "S3 Trio64 (generic)." I am running in 16-bit color. My
> monitor is set to "Generic -> Monitor 1280x1024" but I have also tried
> "Generic LCD -> LCD Panel 1280x1024."
>
> If I go to the Applications -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution app it only
> shows a max res of 1024x768. If I go to Applications -> System Settings ->
> Display and enter the root password I can choose higher resolution but it
> doesn't seem to have any effect. I am running on a laptop with a 1400x1050
> resolution display.
>
> I have seen that other people have been albe to run higher resolutions in
> Linux - has anyone had any luck with FC3?
>
>
Sent: 11/21/2004
From: "Matt" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:That worked to get me to 1280x1024... Thanks for that. I was hoping to get
1152x864 though. Is that even possible?
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> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Microsoft"
> ModelName "Virtual PC Monitor"
> HorizSync 20-74
> VertRefresh 50-120
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "vesa"
> VendorName "Microsoft"
> BoardName "VESA 2.0 (generic)"
> VideoRam 8192
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
Sent: 11/21/2004
From: David Sanders <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Matt wrote:
I have successfully run 1280x1024. Most likely your Horizontal Sync is
out of range. I manually edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to read (just
relevant section shown):
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Microsoft"
ModelName "Virtual PC Monitor"
HorizSync 20-74
VertRefresh 50-120
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "Microsoft"
BoardName "VESA 2.0 (generic)"
VideoRam 8192
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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> I was able to get Fedora Core 3 to install using the instructions from
> visualwin but I cannot get it to change to any resolution greater than
> 1024x768. The default video driver was VESA. I also tried "S3 Trio32
> (generic)" and "S3 Trio64 (generic)." I am running in 16-bit color. My
> monitor is set to "Generic -> Monitor 1280x1024" but I have also tried
> "Generic LCD -> LCD Panel 1280x1024."
>
> If I go to the Applications -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution app it only
> shows a max res of 1024x768. If I go to Applications -> System Settings ->
> Display and enter the root password I can choose higher resolution but it
> doesn't seem to have any effect. I am running on a laptop with a 1400x1050
> resolution display.
>
> I have seen that other people have been albe to run higher resolutions in
> Linux - has anyone had any luck with FC3?
>
>
Sent: 11/21/2004
From: "Matt" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Ok, I spoke too soon. I get the login screen at 1280x1024 but after I login
the VPC session reverts to a 1024x768 sized window and the screen is messed
up.
"Matt" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> That worked to get me to 1280x1024... Thanks for that. I was hoping to
> get 1152x864 though. Is that even possible?
>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> Identifier "Monitor0"
>> VendorName "Microsoft"
>> ModelName "Virtual PC Monitor"
>> HorizSync 20-74
>> VertRefresh 50-120
>> Option "dpms"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Videocard0"
>> Driver "vesa"
>> VendorName "Microsoft"
>> BoardName "VESA 2.0 (generic)"
>> VideoRam 8192
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> Identifier "Screen0"
>> Device "Videocard0"
>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>> DefaultDepth 16
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Viewport 0 0
>> Depth 16
>> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>> EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>
>
Sent: 11/21/2004
From: David Sanders <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Matt wrote:
I don't think it is suppose to change resolution between the login screen
and the session. Look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see if there are any
warning and/or error messages. Also make sure your on 16bit color and not
24bit.
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David Sanders
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> Ok, I spoke too soon. I get the login screen at 1280x1024 but after I
> login the VPC session reverts to a 1024x768 sized window and the screen is
> messed up.
>
> "Matt" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> That worked to get me to 1280x1024... Thanks for that. I was hoping to
>> get 1152x864 though. Is that even possible?
Sent: 11/24/2004
From: "Matt" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:I have it switched back to 1024x768 so I'm not sure if this will help - I
felt pretty lucky to get it back to this state considering how garbled the
display was when I tried the higher resolution. The only warnings are:
Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
VESA(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
System lacks support for changing MTRs
Sent: 11/24/2004
From: David Sanders <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Matt wrote:
Sorry that didn't workout for you. It work on my desktop machine and I
don't have a laptop to test your configuration on. Anyone else?
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David Sanders
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> I have it switched back to 1024x768 so I'm not sure if this will help - I
> felt pretty lucky to get it back to this state considering how garbled the
> display was when I tried the higher resolution. The only warnings are:
>
> Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
> VESA(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> System lacks support for changing MTRs
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