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Video Resolutions Settings - greyed out
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Hi,
FC4
ATi Rage Pro Ultra Video Card
Vusys HD15 LCD display
While the subject of Video is being mentioned can somebody tell me how
to change the resolution / display drivers
I am going to the display settings screens as root but I cannot select
the "generic LCD drivers" or anything else for that matter as all
options are greyed out, why?
Consequently my LCD panel can only display 800 x 600 resolution
Fedora Core 4 does not recognise my LCD panel - Vusys 15" but it does
recognise the Ati Rage Pro Video Card.
Jonah
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| Lenard 2005-10-24, 9:35 am |
| jonah wrote:
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> Ta very much Lenard - that was a total waste of bandwidth.
If you say so.......
> Display Settings > Greyed Out > Why?
Don't know and don't care, this is not normal so something is not right. Why
this is only you may know. Did you perhaps recently change monitors??
But since you want to fix you resolution problem try the following;
When the bootloader splash screen appears press the 'Esc' key, select the
linux boot choice and press the 'e' key. Select the line that starts with
something like 'kernel /vmlinuz' and press the 'e' key again. at the end of
the line add a space followed by the number three, when done press the
'Enter' key followed by the 'b' key. Log on as root and do;
system-config-display --reconfig
Use the command 'system-config-display --help' without the quotes for other
options and limited help.
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
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| Lenard wrote:
> jonah wrote:
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Yeah sorry it was very late here and I had been making the stupid
error of getting mad with pooters. I have only just started using
Linux so the links were a bit too heavy for me to understand when in
"smack it with a big hammer" mode. The ATi Rage driver the box is using
could be wrong according to the ATi link but its not obvious. I have a
spare Gainward NVidia 5900 card I will try that but I did think Linux
would run on older kit without complaining.
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> Don't know and don't care, this is not normal so something is not right. Why
> this is only you may know. Did you perhaps recently change monitors??
New LCD Monitor - I needed to know weather it was hardware or Software
problems - I especially wanted to know if the greyed out settings were
normal or not - guess not - I therefore suspect my new monitor is not
supported at all but I wonder why I cannot select "generic LCD drivers"
it appears to be running on base drivers at present.
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> But since you want to fix you resolution problem try the following;
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> When the bootloader splash screen appears press the 'Esc' key, select the
> linux boot choice and press the 'e' key. Select the line that starts with
> something like 'kernel /vmlinuz' and press the 'e' key again. at the end of
> the line add a space followed by the number three, when done press the
> 'Enter' key followed by the 'b' key. Log on as root and do;
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> system-config-display --reconfig
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> Use the command 'system-config-display --help' without the quotes for other
> options and limited help.
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OK Lenard will do
Thanks for your help
Jonah
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| Lenard 2005-10-24, 9:35 am |
| jonah wrote:
> Lenard wrote:
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> Yeah sorry it was very late here and I had been making the stupid
> error of getting mad with pooters. I have only just started using
> Linux so the links were a bit too heavy for me to understand when in
> "smack it with a big hammer" mode. The ATi Rage driver the box is using
> could be wrong according to the ATi link but its not obvious. I have a
> spare Gainward NVidia 5900 card I will try that but I did think Linux
> would run on older kit without complaining.
No problem, I figured you might be tired or?????? BTDT
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> OK Lenard will do
Let us know the results, good or bad.
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
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Sure thing Lenard - I will do it tomorrow and post about this time. Have
to set up e mail and mail this post to myself so I can print it - sigh!
Jonah
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| jonah wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
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No effect - I can select the "generic lcd drivers" in the display config
but I do not get the OK box highlighted. Same applies for all monitor
settings (manufactorers) ant there is no "Vusys" selection listed in the
manufactorers list.
Video card config is similar, it will only allow the ATi Rage Driver it
has selected, nothing else - no OK box.
OS says its fully updated and runs fine.
Next move? Debian possibly? 8-)
Jonah
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| Lenard 2005-10-24, 9:35 am |
| jonah wrote:
> No effect - I can select the "generic lcd drivers" in the display config
> but I do not get the OK box highlighted. Same applies for all monitor
> settings (manufactorers) ant there is no "Vusys" selection listed in the
> manufactorers list.
None really needed, just select the Generic LCD driver that matches or comes
closest to your monitors native resolution. Also have a look at
your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, you might want to manually edit a section or
two, sample below;
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
> Video card config is similar, it will only allow the ATi Rage Driver it
> has selected, nothing else - no OK box.
http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
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| On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:44:38 GMT, Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>None really needed, just select the Generic LCD driver that matches or comes
>closest to your monitors native resolution. Also have a look at
>your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, you might want to manually edit a section or
>two, sample below;
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>Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
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>http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon
Now we are getting somewhere - ta Lenard
I really like this Linux stuff its far more interesting to play with
than Windows and strangely rewarding when I surmount some minor
problem. I will convert all my PCs when I get enough experience with
it to do so. In fact I reckon Vista is going to destroy Windows market
share pretty quickly so these NGs are going to get crowded. I decided
I had better bite the bullet and get on with learning Linux, Vista is
a big incentive. A lot of my clients are asking about changing to
Linux also its getting real popular.
Next major job is to figure out installing software - I'll be back
when I am stuck bout 10 minutes then 8-)
Again thanks a lot you're a great help I bet you need some patience
though for me its like starting from scratch again with really stupid
basic questions - durrrrr I will endeavour not to ask too many.
Jonah
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| Lenard 2005-10-24, 9:35 am |
| jonah wrote:
> Now we are getting somewhere - ta Lenard
Hopefully this means you got the video resolution problem resolved.
> I really like this Linux stuff its far more interesting to play with
> than Windows and strangely rewarding when I surmount some minor
> problem. I will convert all my PCs when I get enough experience with
> it to do so. In fact I reckon Vista is going to destroy Windows market
> share pretty quickly so these NGs are going to get crowded. I decided
> I had better bite the bullet and get on with learning Linux, Vista is
> a big incentive. A lot of my clients are asking about changing to
> Linux also its getting real popular.
For your clients I would suggest something that is more long lived like
CentOS-4.2 (a 'free' clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and keeping with
the Red Hat family) then the Fedora Core series. The Fedora Core cycle is
6-8 months with about 2 years of support life. The Enterprise version have
a support life of 7 years or longer. The Fedora Core series is the 'proving
grounds' for what eventually goes into the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
editions; http://www.centos.org/
> Next major job is to figure out installing software - I'll be back
> when I am stuck bout 10 minutes then 8-)
Reading the manpage for rpm ( from the console or xterm session type the
command; man rpm ) goes a long way. But it is not the only way. Linux has a
number of helpful tools to assist one in installing software -- apt,
up2date and yum are among the most common and are helpful and user
friendly.
> Again thanks a lot you're a great help I bet you need some patience
> though for me its like starting from scratch again with really stupid
> basic questions - durrrrr I will endeavour not to ask too many.
Linux is not Windows and Windows is not Linux. You needed to learn how to
use Windows, in this respect Linux is no different you will learn how to
use Linux. Take small steps to start with, do your reading and take notes.
The newsgroups and forums are a good place to get help. Places like The
Linux Documention Project ( http://www.tldp.org/ ) are nice for those new
(or not so new) to Linux, it is a great resource.
Before I run on to long let me say Welcome to Linux!!!
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
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| Lenard wrote:
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> Hopefully this means you got the video resolution problem resolved.
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Yep but only 1024x768 so far it falls over if pushed any further - stll
better than it was, Its running on an old abandoned desktop that was
originally Win98SE. I will put a better VC in it.
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> For your clients I would suggest something that is more long lived like
> CentOS-4.2 (a 'free' clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and keeping with
> the Red Hat family) then the Fedora Core series. The Fedora Core cycle is
> 6-8 months with about 2 years of support life. The Enterprise version have
> a support life of 7 years or longer. The Fedora Core series is the 'proving
> grounds' for what eventually goes into the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> editions; http://www.centos.org/
Centos looks good but I will have to spend 6 months figuring out RH to a
reasonable bullshit competence level - the twats ask questions don't
they 8-)
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> Reading the manpage for rpm ( from the console or xterm session type the
> command; man rpm ) goes a long way. But it is not the only way. Linux has a
> number of helpful tools to assist one in installing software -- apt,
> up2date and yum are among the most common and are helpful and user
> friendly.
Figured out Yum - up2date needs re-configuring to read mirrors its way
too slow and I am going to install apt next job to see what thats like.
Installing is easier than it looks its just the lack of hand-holding
thats a bit disconcerting.
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> Before I run on to long let me say Welcome to Linux!!!
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Thanks.....................I Think
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| Lenard 2005-10-24, 9:35 am |
| Jonah wrote:
> Yep but only 1024x768 so far it falls over if pushed any further - stll
> better than it was,
According to the specs on the Vusys HD15 LCD monitor that's the maximum
resolution limit of the monitor;
http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/p...807/114401.html
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759
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