F9: Problem setting resolution and video lockups

[Joe Klemmer]

Preface:
     I dug through the list and did some searching on Google Linux but 
haven't located a track pointing me in the direction to get this working 
right.

Problem:
     Installation of F9 can only be set to a max resolution of 800x600 and 
minimum of 640x480 with the "nv" driver.  This same video care and monitor 
ran at 1280x1024 on all previous versions of Fedora, up to and including 
F8.  All attempts to use the proprietary nvidia driver from the livna 
repository end in a completely hung system shortly after restarting X.

Hardware:
     Monitor is Daewoo 707BN and video card nVidia NV34 GeForce FX 5200.

Details:
     Upgrade from F8 had some minor problems[1] so I ended up having to do 
an install.  Everything went just fine except that the Display resolution 
will only go up to 800x600.  This is with the latest Xorg packages.  When 
I install the nvidia packages from livna and restart X the screen flickers 
as it's coming up then after no more than 30 seconds everything is totally 
locked up and I need to reboot into single user mode to uninstall the 
nvidia packages.

Request:
   If someone could point me towards where I can get info on tracking this 
problem down it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Joe

[1] I am never installing a system without a separate partition for /home 
again

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