Regarding Fedora core 7

[Nigel Henry]

On Saturday 06 September 2008 18:44, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Kam Leo wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:06 AM, winiston <winiston at futuraautomation.com> 
wrote:
> >> Respected Sir/Madam,
> >>
> >> My name is P.Winiston. I am working in Futura Automation Pvt Ltd as a
> >> R&D Engineer.
> >>
> >> Technical problem:
> >>
> >> We are using Intel 852GME chipset with 6.4" Display.
> >>
> >> After installing the Fedora core 7, it support 800x600 resolution.But it
> >> is not supporting for 640x480 resolution. (ex : display gets banned)
> >>
> >> If i install Redhat Linux 5.0 ,it support for both 800x600 and 640x480
> >> resolution.
> >>
> >> I want to use Fedora core7 with 640x480 resolution only.
> >>
> >> Can you provide the VGA driver for Fedora core 7?
> >>
> >> How to make it works?
> >>
> >> We are ready to pay money for your service.
> >>
> >> I would be very thankful if you do my needy.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> With Best Regards,
> >> Winiston.P
> >> Futura Automation Pvt Ltd.
> >
> > Have you tried using just the VESA driver or a lower color depth?
>
> Did FC7 still have the VGA driver? That would limit you to 640 x 480
> - but it would only be 256 colors.
>
> You can also try specifying a generic display that only does 640 x 480.
>
> Mikkel

I've just booted my FC7 to check for the VGA driver. Alright I've booted with 
the planetccrma 2.6.24.7-1.rt3.2.fc7.ccrmart kernel, but the the VGA driver 
is there as vga15fb.ko.

Just had a quick look at the latest FC7 kernel that I had before support was 
dropped, 2.6.23.8-34.fc7, and that too shows the vga16fb.ko driver.

Just a bit of info from a still useable but no longer supported Fedora 
version.

BTW. I'm posting from FC2, and have hardly ever had a problem with it.

Nigel.