Unable to change X resolution

[Mike Linksvayer]

On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 10:02:13AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> 
> > Ubuntu 6.06 (upgrade from 5.10, though this didn't work on 5.10, I
> > just never bothered to try to fix it), Dell Inspiron 6000, i915GM
> > video chipset.
> > 
> > I'm using 915resolution to obtain 1920x1200. 
> 
> hmmm.  I really didn't think this screen had so high a resolution (mine -
> same machine, same screen, only goes to 1280x800 under Windows, so I
> thought that was the max).

It was available in WXGA (your resolution), WSXGA+ or WUXGA (my
resolution).  I paid about $200 extra for WUXGA IIRC.
 
> > In this case 
> > System|Preferences|Screen Resolution offers me 1920x1200 and
> > 1600x1200.  If I do not use 915resolution I only get 1600x1200.  I
> > actually get 1600x1200 as an option even if I do not include it in
> > xorg.conf.
> ... 
> > Section "Modes"
> > Identifier "16:10"
> 
> Funny - most of these aren't 16:10 :-)

Yeah, copy & paste from some example. :)
 
> >   Subsection "Display"
> >     Depth       24
> >     Modes       "1920x1600" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
> >   EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> 
> You don't even _have_ 1920x1200 specified, so I can only imagine that
> 915resolution is completely overriding this.

That's a typo but it is my actual xorg.conf so I guess that's proof
... of something.  But not 915overriding as if I do not run
915resolution at startup 1600x1200 is my only option.  It is almost
as if xorg.conf is being ignored, but if I introduce a syntax error
X won't start, so it isn't being completely ignored.

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  Mike Linksvayer
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