Fedora 10 : Change Resolution

First of all, I'm having trouble with changing the resolution of my Fedora 10. I can't change from 800x600 resolution to 1400x900.

So after googling around, I found it almost driver problem.

Therefore, here is the workaround until the fix is issued.

1.Remove any nvidia driver from repo. "yum remove kmod-nvidia". Reboot.
2.Download http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/180.22/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run
3.Make sure kernel-headers and kernel-devel is already installed. If not, "yum install -y kernel-headers kernel-devel".
4.Kill your X. In terminal, as root, "/sbin/init 3".
5. "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run". Depends where you save it in your computer.
6.Skip download kernel headers from internet.After done with compile the kernel with the nvidia driver, reboot.
7.System Tools > NVIDIA X Server Settings. Set to your desire resolution.Apply.Saved, but you cant. Here is the next workaround.
8.Click Save X Config > Show preview. Copy all the configuration and paste in xorg.conf. Save.
9.Preferences > Hardware Resolution > Set to your desire resolution.
10.Done!

At least, works for me. Feel free to ask. :)

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