Re: SC420 and Vesa driver in FC3

[Matt Florido <matt floridonet com>]

* Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com> [01-28-2005 10:59]:

> Matt Florido wrote:
> >Encountered my first minor problem with the installation of FC3.  I
> >can't seem to obtain a higher resolution than 1024x768.
> >
> >FC3 is using the generic Vesa driver.  I've attempted to change monitor
> >settings, but nothing will take.  From what I've read, the Vesa is an
> >acceptable driver.  Is there something I should attempt?
> 
> vesa is a very, VERY generic driver and won't accept resolutions bigger
> than standard VGA.  I'm unfamiliar with what an SC420 is, but if you can
> tell us what video card it uses, we might suggest a different driver.
> 
> Do "lspci -v" and look for something that starts with "VGA-compatible
> controller" and post that to the list.

Thanks to all for some of the suggestions.  I have to wait until I get
home to attempt a couple of them.

Here is video card information for the Dell SC420 (Entry level Dell
server P4 2.8 800Mhz FSB, onboard Video, SATA...) 

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. E7221 Integrated Graphics
Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0180
	Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
	Memory at dff80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        I/O ports at ecd8 [size=8]
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at dff40000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

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Regards,
Matt