How do I get 1680x1050 with my new video card ?

[Tony Arnold]

linuxguy wrote:
> My laptop quit so I pulled the hard drive loaded with Feisty and
> installed it on a desktop computer.
> 
> Everything works fine except that I am not getting 1680x1050 video
> output.  I think I have 1280x1024.
> 
> My laptop had an nvidia card and I was using the kernel drivers.  The
> desktop machine has (according to lspci)
> 
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated
> Graphics
> Controller (rev 02)

Try installing the 915resolution package. It fixed it for me on my Dell
D.820.

Regards,
Tony.
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