Comment 42 for bug 186103

Note for upstream: The screen resolution is not properly recognized either on Fedora 13 and on CentOS 5.5 - in all cases the system tries to start up in 1600x1200 mode, but in a Gnome system it's possible to set the res. manually, then later install an xorg.conf file. On KDE systems it's much more difficult due to the controls being off the screen at the bottom.

The problem still exists for the Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat alpha-2 live CD.

I now have Fedora 13 installed on this Averatec 3280 laptop.

See bug #495553 and bug #196142. Also Fedora bug 518907 for the current status on this computer.

I would suggest defaulting to 800x600 when the res. isn't properly detected by this driver. That is done with some other drivers when a panel's res. isn't detected possibly - then at least installing an xorg.conf file can change to the proper res.