On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 15:51, Michael Hennebry < > hennebry at 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 at 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 at 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