Successful dapper drake install on Dell Inspiron 9400 Core Duo

[Byron Poland]

On 5/10/06, spira_mirabilis <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
>
> I have also installed Dapper (Kubuntu Milestone 7) on the Inspiron 9400.
> Everything works great, sound, peripherals, (including the media card
> slot which I heard was not working previously), except the version of
> the laptop I have has the Intel 950 Integrated graphics controller, (ah
> if only it was Nvidia...) and I can't seem to make it have a resolution
> higher than 1024x768, no matter what I do. I have tried tinkering with
> 915resolution, messing with Xorg config, to no avail. Maybe when
> 915resolution is included in X, this will work?
>
> I also installed the SMP kernel to make sure I got the most from the
> Duo Core processor.
>
> Overall, this laptop is well supported by Dapper.
>
> PS- I also posted on a related thread :
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=156965
>
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Sounds like you need the 915resolution app to set the video bios.

do a search for it, and you'll get some pointers on setting it up.  I
have a dell 700m with 810 or 845 integrated video, and need to use it
to get my 1280x800 to work.