external display not working well

[Asif Iqbal]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a hp 6730b laptop running  ubuntu 9.04 and have an external monitor
>> hp LE2201w 22"
>>
>> I am suppose to get a max of 2560 x 1600 resolution according to the spec.
>>
>> I am getting only  1280 x 1024
>>
>> # sudo lspci -v for the display and vga shows this
>>
>>  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series
>> Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
>>     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30dd
>>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2297
>>     Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
>>     Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>>     I/O ports at 6120 [size=8]
>>     Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
>> Queue=0/0 Enable+
>>     Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
>>
>> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
>> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
>>     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30dd
>>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>>     Memory at d0400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
>>     Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
>>
>>
>> Anyone can suggest a fix / workaround ?
>>
>>
> I ran the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and now I get 1680 x 1050. Still
> lot less than 2560 x 1600.
>
> Here is my Xorg.0.log -> http://pastebin.com/f43b763d7
>
>
I realized I am getting the max resolution this 22" monitor can support. I
guess `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' was the fix.

Thanks all


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>> Thanks
>>
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>> Asif Iqbal
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> Asif Iqbal
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Asif Iqbal
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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