915resolution

[O. Sinclair]

Dear Derek and others,
thanks for your efforts. However, as nothing seemed to work I "gave up" and
downloaded 915resolution, under Dapper that is an official package actually.
With the help of a guide at Ubuntu Forums I managed to get my desired
resolution of 1400 * 1050.

Once again, thanks for time and efforts,
Sinclair

On 19/09/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>
> O. Sinclair wrote:
>
> > What I want to achieve is 1400 * 1050 resolution on a 4:3 Dell LCD
> laptop
> > screen. It is of course using 60 hz then. Anything else is in basically
> > unnecessary. At the moment the maximum I get is 1280 * 1024 60 no matter
> > what I try.
>
> Are you getting 1280x1024 with the config you show below?  You don't even
> tell it to give you 1280x1024, which is suspicious.
> >
> > I have tried some of your various advice and also some other things. In
> > "System Settings", "Display" you have "Hardware" section.
>
> The "system settings" on the KDE menu?  I don't know what I've b0rked on
> my
> system, but Display's _another_ entry I don't have!
>
> > Section "Monitor"
> >     Identifier    "Laptop Monitor"
> >     Option        "DPMS"
> >     # 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz
> >      Modeline "1400x1050_60.00"  122.61  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 1051
> >      1054
> > 1087  -HSync +Vsync
> >     HorizSync    28-70
> >     VertRefresh    43-60
> > EndSection
>
> OK.  So that should, first, give you a valid modeline for 1400x1050.  The
> HorizSync & VertRefresh values include the hsync & refresh (65.22 & 60)
> for
> the mode, so that's good.
>
> > Section "Screen"
> >     Identifier    "Default Screen"
> >     Device        "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics
> >     Device"
> >     Monitor        "Laptop Monitor"
> >     DefaultDepth    16
> >     SubSection "Display"
> >         Depth        24
> >         Modes        "1400x1050_60" "1024x768"
> >     EndSubSection
> > EndSection
>
> See, if you're getting 1280x1024 - it's not specified there.  I _still_
> think the DefaultDepth is flakey.  Set it to 24.  I think you're
> defaulting
> to a depth of 16 bits per pixel, and then using an entirely default set of
> modes - which includes 1280x1024 but not 1400x1050.
>
> > Any ideas are appreciated. The 915resolution came up because I read
> > "somewhere" that this is the only way to make this card/screen work in
> > intended resolution.
>
> You're reading that because there's any number of users out there who say
> it's so.  I'm here to tell you that the same card on a different Dell
> model
> doesn't need it, and I have serious doubts that those who say it does have
> every really tried to solve their problems without it.  In the end, my
> observation is that most of the people who are running it didn't solve
> their problem with 915resolution _anyway_, it was just one of the steps
> they took and they left it in because it did no obvious harm.
> --
> derek
>
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