Hi all.
Reporting the resolution (no pun intended) in case anyone else has this
problem ans stumbles across this thread....
--- On Thu, 12/10/09, Lets Go Canes <letsgonhlcanes(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Lets Go Canes <letsgonhlcanes(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Issue setting KDE resolution - Fedora 12, ATI, Dell Inspiron 8600
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 2:30 PM
Hi all.
Installed Fedora 12 on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop,
dual-boot with Windows
XP. I want to use a different resolution than what
KDE comes up with by
default (default is ~1900x~1200, I want 1280x800).
However, the KDE tool
for changing resolution doesn't appear to do
anything. I googled around,
and found suggestions for using xrandr; that attempts to
change the
resolution, but the only working, usable resolution with
this method
appears to be the default. The desired resolution
works under Windows XP.
Any suggestions?
I was able to correct this by adding "nomodeset" to the boot command in
grub.conf.