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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