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List:       centos
Subject:    Re: [CentOS] X defaults
From:       Thomas Stephen Lee <lee.iitb () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-11-23 4:51:34
Message-ID: CAG7s96WZywK43rNiOwT4pogmBObToOki3uB0Mg_8KpNoxuCSQQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 8:40 AM Michael Hennebry <
hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 15:51, Michael Hennebry <
> > hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 13:20, Michael Hennebry <
> >>> hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've been trying to move from Centos 7 to fedora.
> >>>> My monitor is 1440x900, but fedora only believes it's 640x480.
> >>
> >>> 1. What kind of video card is this?
> >>> 2.How is the video connected to the monitor? (DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort/VGA)
> >>> 3. What kind of monitor is it?
> >>> 4. What version of Fedora and is Fedora trying to do X or Wayland?
> >>
> >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q33 Express
> >> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> >>
> >>
> > OK most of the references I see to this card are before 2014, so I am not
> > sure if this gets any testing in Fedora anymore. The resolution on the
> > monitor is 'odd' compared to what the various drivers are listed to
> support
> > (640x480, 1024x768, 1920x1080) so again I am not much help here.
> >
> >
> >> Acer V193w
> >>
> >> Fedora 32, X
> >>
> >>> Sometimes if Fedora can only go to generic 640x480 the video card is no
> >>> longer 'supported' by the various X11 drivers.. or the data that the
> >>> monitor is returning to say what it can support is coming back as
> >> 640x480.
> >>> Finally this may do better on a fedora mailing list (but they will ask
> >> the
> >>> same questions). For a CentOS viewpoint I would ask if it happens if
> you
> >>> run CentOS-8 (try via a live cd) on the box. If it does happen, then it
> >> is
> >>> a problem between Fedora-18 and Fedora-28. If it doesn't happen then it
> >> is
> >>> a problem between Fedora 28 and the version of Fedora you are trying.
> >>
> >> IIRC Centos 8 does not have a live version.
> >>
> >
> > Fudge, I should know that. Sorry for a wild goose chase. I would see if
> the
> > CentOS8 installer goes into X with a larger than 640x480
>
> I just managed to install to an SD card.
> Default Centos 8 gives me 1440 x 900.
> Installing to a removable drive would seem
> a useful substitute for a live CD.
>
> At one point Centos 8 or Gnome gave me a screen with a big date and time
> on it.
> Could not figure out what to do with it.
> Had to reboot.
>
> --
> Michael   hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
> "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number,
> a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin."
>                                                               --
> someeecards
> _______________________________________________
>
>
"At one point Centos 8 or Gnome gave me a screen with a big date and time
on it."

This, for me, is usually the screensaver.
I pull the screen up with the mouse or press the space bar.

Thanks

---
Lee
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