1280 X 768 corrected

[Dennis]

thanks for reply Jason.  are you saying add  - Modes "1280x768_60" - in
the Section "Monitor"?  I couldn't fine xrandr in the SPM.

On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 13:15 -0400, Jason Straight wrote:
> On 05/26/2009 12:46 PM, Dennis wrote:
> > 1st post 'subject' was in error, sorry folks.
> >
> > thank for the help so far, I just can't seem to solve 1280 x 768 which
> > is max on my laptop Radeon 600.
> >
> > info from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
> >
> >
> >
> > sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > I save the text below, reboot, then it lockup with a message on the
> > screen that reads cannot recognize 1400 x 900 resolution.  as you will
> > note below I only have 1280 x 768 in the xorg.conf
> >
> >
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >          Identifier      "Radeon 600"
> >          Driver          "ati"
> >          BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
> >          Option          "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
> >          Option          "BusType" "PCI"
> >          Option          "AGPMode" "1"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> >      Identifier   "Monitor0"
> >      VendorName   "Unknown"
> >      ModelName    "DELL SE178WFP"
> >      HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
> >      VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> >      Identifier "Screen0"
> >      Device     "Card0"
> >      Monitor    "Monitor0"
> >      DefaultDepth 24
> >      SubSection "Display"
> >          Viewport   0 0
> >          Depth     24
> >          Modes "1280x768_60"
> >          Virtual         1280 768
> >      EndSubSection
> >
> > Section "Extensions"
> >          Option "Composite" "Enable"
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> Do you have a modeline defined for Modes "1280x768_60" in your xorg.conf?
> 
> Also might try to see if you can start in 1024x768 or some such 
> resolution then use xrandr to switch to your desired resolution after X 
> starts.
> 
> I have an issue with my 3400HD (ATI), which the fglrx drivers won't 
> start it in the right resolution, but xrandr can set it afterward.
>