ubuntu flight6 on a dell inspiron 6400

[Derek Broughton]

Nagaprabhanjan Bellaro wrote:

> I have tried this, but in vain. :-( It did not work. My gtf command
> produced the following output:
> ----
> root at arth:/home/nagp# gtf 1280 800 60
> 
>   # 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
>   Modeline "1280x800_60.00"  83.46  1280 1344 1480 1680  800 801 804 828
> -HSync +Vsync
> 
> root at arth:/home/nagp#
> ----
> I have also removed that "_60.00" from the Modeline and tried, it even did
> not work. :(

That's just a name - if it's 1280x800_60.00 then that's what you use in the
modes line.  However, you didn't do as I told you - there's no modeline in
the "Monitor" section of your xorg.conf
> 
> Then, I switched to the 915resolution to give it a try.

Really, _don't do that_!

> And the output of /usr/sbin/915resolution -l is:
> -----------
> Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2

See what it says: "Hack"!  That's a last resort.
> 
> Mode 38 : 1280x800, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 49 : 1280x800, 24 bits/pixel
> Mode 58 : 1280x800, 32 bits/pixel

If you didn't add all of those, you didn't need it anyway.  (in fact, I know
you didn't need it, because gtf worked).
-- 
derek