xorg +nonfree drivers

[baza]

Daniel Stone wrote:

>On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 03:02:04AM +0100, baza wrote:
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>>Daniel Stone wrote:
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>>>On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 08:15:33PM +0100, baza wrote:
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>>>>I was reading in Linux User about the Xandros desktop, this comes with 
>>>>xorg plus 'commercial' drivers. What are these? And if I got them 
>>>>installed on Hoary would this make it, 'better', i.e. overcome the 
>>>>resolution problems I have?
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>>>These are just for nVidia and ATI cards, not Intel.  The only thing I
>>>can think of about your resolution problems is to put this in your
>>>/etc/X11/xorg.conf, in the Monitor section:
>>>HorizSync 36-52
>>>VertRefresh 36-75
>>>and that should get rid of most of the problem, if not actually properly
>>>solve it.
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>>That's almost got it, I now have 1024X768. Is there anyway to push it to 
>>1280X1024?
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>Hm, you should be there already.  If you don't already have it, put
>"1280x1024" in your Modes lines, as the first mode (i.e. before
>"1024x768").  If you do, bump 52 in HorizSync up to about 55.
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Nope, still at 1024X768 max. Any ideas?

Baza