On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:40:05 -0400,
"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday(a)crashcourse.ca> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
this seems like a fairly serious show-stopper -- and it seems like
it would be independent of any video selection for the install itself.
even when the install worked fine, it's the firstboot that *seemed* to
select a resolution of 2080x800 for a 1280x800 display, making a lot
of each screen inaccessible.
suggestions? i'm willing to run some tests. the video card is an
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M, and i have a *long* history with ATI driver
grief.
As a short term fix you should be able to see up an xorg.conf file that
prefers 1280x800. I think using the modes command in the display section
will do what you want. man xorg.conf has more details.
I also recommend filing a bug against xorg-x11-drv-ati. That probably won't
get a quick fix, but will at least document the issue.