On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 8:40 AM 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 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 > _______________________________________________ > > "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