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Fedora Screen Resolution Problem
Screen resolution messed
Replies: 9Last Post Feb. 18, 2007 11:08pm by mephisto mortis
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Just installed a copy of Fedora 6, my first Linux distro which is going to stay.

The screen resoltion says it is set to 1440 x 900, which is the correct resolution, but on the screen it is clumped to one size. There is just blank space to the left of where the on screen image ends, and a bit to the right of the on screen image

I havce tried the auto - adjust button on my screen, it doesn't change anything.

I am using a Geforce FX5700 graphics card, a HP w19 lcd monitor.

Any suggestions on how to fix this ?

Thanks.

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if you right click the desktop> .propertys>settings  theres little bar move that and it should change


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Quote: from simonarrow359 at 11:44 pm on Feb. 18, 2007

if you right click the desktop> .propertys>settings  theres little bar move that and it should change  

I'm not on Windows and please read my post fully. It is already set to the right resolution, its just not showing up right.

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Is the whole image there just clumped?
      If So:  Use the monitor's buttons to adjust the screen.

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Yes it is.

The monitors which I have, only have an auto adjust  button, not like the good old box screens.

Post edited at 3:50 pm on Feb. 18, 2007 by bighead1991

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Is this a ripped copy of linux... you may have a minor bug or glich if its not the real deal...Maybe you should try just messing around with different resolutions... just to see what happens just because you think its the right one doesn't mean it is... Not trying to insult you...

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Trust me, its the right one.

All other resolutions work, but are not in the right ratio.

I use the 1440 x 900 on my Windows, Mac OSX and when I used Ubuntu.

The disc checked out ok when it was checked in the boot install, no errors or anything.

Post edited at 3:57 pm on Feb. 18, 2007 by bighead1991

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Linux is not like windows, if there are any notacble defects in the disk, it would not let you install.

Anyway, the basics, have you tried googling around to see if your graphics card is supported?

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Quote: from Indecisive at 9:52 am on Feb. 19, 2007

Is this a ripped copy of linux... you may have a minor bug or glich if its not the real deal...Maybe you should try just messing around with different resolutions... just to see what happens just because you think its the right one doesn't mean it is... Not trying to insult you...

Ripped copy of linux? There is no such thing, Fedora core is free, as in both beer and freedom.

At any rate, your video card is supported to some extent, albeit not with 3d support until you install the proprietary nVidia drivers, but that probably isn't the issue here.

Where did you set the screen resolution, counter-intuitively there are two places it is set, one to set the size of the screen, and the other to set the resolution it displays at.

Go to the Gnome menu, then go to System > Administration > Display

From the Display panel you can set the size and type of the screen.

Once that is set right, go to System > Preferences > Screen Resolution, and set the screen resolution there.

If both of those fail, you need to look at the xorg.conf file, located in /etc/X11 , and edit it to whatever it ought to be, make a backup copy of it in the same directory first, as if things go wrong you will have to copy it back, probably using the command line. (using the cp or mv commands, copy and move respectively)


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use youre favorite editor on /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and look for a section like this:

Code:
Section "Screen"
       Identifier      "Default Screen"
       Device          "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
       Monitor         "SDM-HS95P"
       DefaultDepth    24
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           1
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           4
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           8
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           15
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           16
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           24
               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

and edit your resolution.

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