Screen Resolution Problems (Fedora 16)

[PinguLinux]

I've just installed Fedora 16 and I'm having problems seeing anything in the top left corner. I've already tried changing the screen resolution in system settings/display but nothing happens.

I'm not sure if that's relevant but I have a 1080p 22" monitor. Thanks in advance.

Pingu x

[jayd512]

I've not really used Fedora in quite some time, but let's get some more detailed information.
Open up a terminal, and use the following command:

lspci -knn

Look for the entry in the output that refers to your VGA controller. Post that entry back here.

[PinguLinux]

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port [8086:3405] (rev 13)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3408] (rev 13)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3409] (rev 13)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:340a] (rev 13)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:10.0 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Physical and Link Layer Registers Port 0 [8086:3425] (rev 13)
00:10.1 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Routing and Protocol Layer Registers Port 0 [8086:3426] (rev 13)
00:11.0 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500 Physical and Link Layer Registers Port 1 [8086:3427] (rev 13)
00:11.1 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500 Routing & Protocol Layer Register Port 1 [8086:3428] (rev 13)
00:13.0 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller [8086:342d] (rev 13)
00:14.0 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers [8086:342e] (rev 13)
	Kernel driver in use: i7core_edac
	Kernel modules: i7core_edac
00:14.1 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers [8086:3422] (rev 13)
00:14.2 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers [8086:3423] (rev 13)
00:15.0 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Trusted Execution Technology Registers [8086:342f] (rev 13)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:3a37]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:3a38]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:3a39]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a3c]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5006]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:a102]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3a40]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:3a42]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3a46]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:3a48]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:3a34]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a35]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:3a36]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5004]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:3a3a]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5006]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:3a16]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5001]
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller #1 [8086:3a20]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b002]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:3a30]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:5001]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2 [8086:3a26]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b002]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi
01:00.0 IDE interface [0101]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device [1b4b:91a3] (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b000]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi
02:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1033:0194] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5007]
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress) [1002:6898]
	Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:2961]
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon
03:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5800 Series] [1002:aa50]
	Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:aa50]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
05:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197b:2363] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:b000]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
05:00.1 IDE interface [0101]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197b:2363] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:b000]
	Kernel driver in use: pata_jmicron
	Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi, pata_jmicron
06:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197b:2363] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:b000]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
06:00.1 IDE interface [0101]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197b:2363] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:b000]
	Kernel driver in use: pata_jmicron
	Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi, pata_jmicron
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:e000]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
08:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8024]
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:1000]
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci
3f:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers [8086:2c41] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2c01] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 QPI Link 0 [8086:2c10] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 QPI Physical 0 [8086:2c11] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller [8086:2c18] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:03.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder [8086:2c19] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:03.4 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers [8086:2c1c] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers [8086:2c20] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:04.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers [8086:2c21] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:04.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers [8086:2c22] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:04.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers [8086:2c23] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:05.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers [8086:2c28] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:05.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers [8086:2c29] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:05.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers [8086:2c2a] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:05.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers [8086:2c2b] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:06.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Control Registers [8086:2c30] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:06.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Address Registers [8086:2c31] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:06.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Rank Registers [8086:2c32] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
3f:06.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Thermal Control Registers [8086:2c33] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]

[jayd512]

You do have the right driver installed. What screen resolutions are available to you?
Does the resolution actually change if you choose other resolution settings?

[PinguLinux]

You do have the right driver installed. What screen resolutions are available to you?
Does the resolution actually change if you choose other resolution settings?

I have all the resolutions I'd think were normal 1920 x 1080 (16:9) etc. I did a clean install though and it seems to work now the resolution would not change but now it does when I switch to 1080 x 1024 (5:4).

Strange though as I run Windows in 1920:1080 (16:9) just fine. Thank you for your help Jay I really appreciate it.

[jayd512]

So, after a re-install, everything is working properly?
I wish I could tell you what changed... but I'm glad it's working!

BTW... here's a nice little help page for getting certain things working in Fedora: Personal Fedora 16 Installation Guide