diff --git a/fedora-live-base.ks b/fedora-live-base.ks
index 18815fa..50522b7 100644
--- a/fedora-live-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-base.ks
@@ -273,6 +273,60 @@ for o in \`cat /proc/cmdline\` ; do
     esac
 done
 
+# this is a bad hack to work around #460581 for the geode
+# purely to help move testing along for now
+if [ \`grep -c Geode /proc/cpuinfo\` -ne 0 ]; then
+  cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf <<FOE
+Section "ServerLayout"
+	Identifier     "Default Layout"
+	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
+	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
+EndSection
+
+Section "InputDevice"
+# keyboard added by rhpxl
+	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
+	Driver      "kbd"
+	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
+	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
+EndSection
+
+Section "Monitor"
+	Identifier  "Monitor0"
+	HorizSync   30-67
+	VertRefresh 48-52
+	DisplaySize 152 114
+	Mode "1200x900"
+		DotClock 57.275
+		HTimings 1200 1208 1216 1240
+		VTimings 900 905 908 912
+		Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
+	EndMode
+EndSection
+
+Section "Device"
+	Identifier  "Videocard0"
+	Driver      "amd"
+	VendorName  "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc."
+	BoardName   "AMD Geode GX/LX"
+
+	Option     "AccelMethod" "EXA"
+	Option     "NoCompression" "true"
+	Option     "PanelGeometry" "1200x900"
+EndSection
+
+Section "Screen"
+	Identifier "Screen0"
+	Device     "Videocard0"
+	Monitor    "Monitor0"
+	DefaultDepth 16
+	SubSection "Display"
+		Depth   16
+		Modes   "1200x900"
+	EndSubSection
+EndSection
+FOE
+fi
 
 # if liveinst or textinst is given, start anaconda
 if strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" liveinst ; then