Problem with nv driver on FC12

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 11:53 -0400, Jim wrote:
> On 09/10/2009 10:40 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 22:08 -0400, Jim wrote:
> >    
> >> FC12-Alpha
> >>
> >> I have A Geforce FX Go5200 that uses the "nv" driver I had no problems
> >> with installing this card on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop , but after I
> >> did update it
> >> won't go into X .
> >>      
> > It should use nouveau, not nv. Remove the xorg.conf file that specifies
> > nv, and try again. It should auto-detect all relevant settings and load
> > with the nouveau driver.
> >
> >    
> I did as you said, removing xorg.conf and rebooted but it still selected 
> "nv" .

Um. How do you know? How are you checking what driver is in use?

> I went into system-config-display and selected "nouveau" but it only 
> allows me a resolution of 640x480 I want to setup at 1024x768 .
> 
> I edited xorg.conf and put in a line   Modes    "1024x768" but when I 
> reboot it takes that line out.

Don't use system-config-display. It's entirely deprecated, especially
for RandR 1.2-based drivers. Please remove xorg.conf entirely, don't run
system-config-display at all, and tell us what happens when you boot up.

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