On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Daniel Blakemore <danblakem...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Kevin J. Cummings < > cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net> wrote: > >> Daniel Blakemore wrote: >> >>> I am new to fedora and to linux in general. I know a little bit of bash >>> because I have a mac but not enough. I just installed fedora core 10 i386 >>> netinstall (the dvd-rom drive on this computer is thoroughly dead: stops >>> reading and needs to be unplugged and plugged back in every thirty of so >>> seconds), on an AMD with 1GB of RAM and a GeForce 5200 FX. >>> When I try to change the resolution, the drop-down only goes to 720x400. >>> I tried installing the nvidia driver and it broke X beyond what my linux >>> friend can fix. I did a fresh install and now I have the same problem. >>> Please help. >>> >> >> What is your monitor? Is it Play and Pray compliant? Does it tell X11 >> the correct information? >> >> I have no problems getting higher resolutions on my F10 system (with a >> Radeon 7000 driver), and a Dell Dimension 4300 using a Live CD. >> >> Which "nvidia" drive did you try and install? Was it an RPM from >> RPMFusion or ATRpms? Or did you try the nvidia installer? >> >> Thanks a bunch, >>> >> <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines> >> > > I used the .run driver from nvidia's website for 32-bit linux: > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.18-pkg1.run > I ran system-config-display, or whatever it is called, to make an > xorg.conf, and it knows the correct monitor model number and driver, it > knows the graphics card model. When i go to > System>Preferences>Hardware>Screen Resolution, the screen is labeled unknown > and I can't see beyond the resolution drop-down because the window goes > below the screen. > It was plug an play for my vista machine and this mac. It is a AOC 2230Fa > LCD. > > -- > Daniel Blakemore > I edited xorg.conf in the screen section with Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" and it worked fine. I'd like to close this thread or whatever the correct procedure is. -- Daniel Blakemore
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