Overriding Video BIOS

[Anthony Gardner]

Larry,

Well spotted ;) I missed that.

When coming to buy it, through their outlet, the
screen spec wasn't given.

I guess that's me scuppered :(

Cheers for that.


--- Larry Grover <lgrover at zoominternet.net> wrote:

> Anthony Gardner wrote:
> > I'm not sure if I should be posting this to this
> mail
> > list or possibly X's.
> > 
> > I'll try here first ;)
> > 
> > I have a Dell Inspiron 9300, ATI Mobility Radeon
> and
> > have installed Hoary 5.04. For this machine, the
> video
> > BIOS is set at 14440x900 and I'd like better
> (1600x
> > type stuff)
> > 
> 
> Are you sure your LCD is capable of a higher
> resolution?  I don't have 
> one of these machines, but a quick look at Dell's
> website showed they 
> sell this laptop with two different screens: 
> 1440x900 and 1920x1200. 
>   If your LCD is 1440x900, then you won't be able to
> get a higher 
> resolution.
> 
> If you have the 1920x1200 screen, then I suggest you
> look at the Linux 
> on Laptops website:  http://www.linux-laptop.net/
> 
> You'll find several links on the Inspiron 9300,
> including one about 
> (k)ubuntu and a couple with sample xorg.conf files.
> 
> Regards,
> Larry
> 
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