ubuntu flight6 on a dell inspiron 6400

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Apr 17 14:59:38 UTC 2006


Matthew Kuiken wrote:

> Nagaprabhanjan Bellaro wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>      > Modeline "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
>>      > -HSync +Vsync
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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. :(
> 
> Could you attach a copy of your xorg.log?  I'd like to see it.
> 
> I also have an i915 graphics controller with a strange resolution
> (1366x768).  I found that it would not work quite properly until I used
> ModeLine <-- Note the capitol "L". I don't know if it was absolutely
> necessary, but it didn't work properly until I did that.

Modeline has no capital L in my xorg.conf!
> 
> All that said, recently I tried one of the daily build CDs, and it found
> the correct resolution without any work on my part.
> 
> I'm sorry that I can't put a copy of my xorg.conf lines up, but
> unfortunately at the moment, I'm in that evil OS doing my taxes...

Yeah, me too.  Had to use my wife's computer :-(
-- 
derek





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