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Fedora made a big step forward in quality when they pushed out FC7. However, as I have an odd setup (a non-4:3 aspect ratio LCD), there were a couple issues that caused me to abandon FC7. Software requirements forced me to revisit FC7.
My problems: - No cursor!! I know the mouse worked because "focus" was acting normally. I just couldn't see the cursor. - Screen resolution royally sucked (resolution too low and looked like whatever the opposite of letterbox is (bars on the sides))
Hint: Try tapping the Control key. Depending on your driver, it may "flash" the location of the missing cursor.
The missing mouse issue was fixed by adding the following line to the "Monitor" section of xorg.conf
Option "HWCursor" "off"
Note: If you're in the middle of troubleshooting and there is no "Monitor" section, try putting it in the "Device" section.
Getting the video to match the monitor was a bit involved (note: you'll need the appropriate kernel source installed):
1. Go the NVidia Driver page (what's below are just screen shots)
2. Click on "Graphics Driver"
3. Click on your video card series
4. Click on the Linux entry
5. Click on the "Go" button
6. Read all of the steps and download the binary in step 2.
7. Open a terminal window and su to root
8. Type "init 3" to switch the system over to text mode
9. su to root and go to the directory where you downloaded the binary
10. run "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run" or whatever the binary was called and follow the prompts to either download or build the new kernel modules. Say "Yes" if it asks to run the nvidia-xconfig utility.
11. If #10 is successful, run "init 5" to switch the system back to graphics mode
12. You may need to choose a different monitor. If so, save the config and hit "control-alt-backspace" (all at the same time) to restart the xorg server. If the screen is just a little out of whack, try pushing the autoconfig button on the monitor.
Please leave a comment below if this helps.
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