Successful dapper drake install on Dell Inspiron 9400 Core Duo

[Charles Yao]

On 5/11/06, Byron Poland <wpoland at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
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The Intel cards are a real headache, it took me about a week the last time I
tried getting the Inspiron 700m's 1280x800 resolution working.





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