Craig Lanning wrote: > On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 13:01 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: >> Craig Lanning wrote: >>> I have a Dell Latitude C600 which will only display at 800x600. >>> >>> $ lspci -s 01:00.0 >>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) >>> >>> $ xrandr >>> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600 >>> default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm >>> 800x600 60.0* 56.0 >>> 640x480 60.0 >>> >>> I tried adding 'nomodeset' to the kernel boot line, but that had no >>> effect. >>> >>> I tried adding 'video=aty128fb:1400x1050' to the kernel boot line, but >>> that, also, had no effect. >>> >>> Is there a way to get this machine to use the 1400x1050 natural >>> resolution of the LDC? >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> >> Hi Craig, >> >> You could try replacing the monitor/screen part in your xorg.conf file >> with what I will add here. It worked for my Fujitsu/Siemens. >> If your hardware is.. >> VendorName "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] >> BoardName "771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter" >> >> Try it anyway it may just work?? >> >> Make copy of your xorg.conf. >> Replace the part mentioned. >> Reboot. >> Should it not work it will boot in console then replace with origanal. >> >> Here follows the lines... >> Johan >>> Section "Monitor" >>> Identifier "Monitor0" >>> VendorName "Monitor Vendor" >>> ModelName "Monitor Model" >>> HorizSync 30-107 >>> VertRefresh 50-185 >>> EndSection >>> >>> Section "Device" >>> ### Available Driver options are:- >>> ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", >>> ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" >>> ### [arg]: arg optional >>> Option "ShadowFB" "false" # [<bool>] >>> #Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>] >>> #Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>] >>> Identifier "Card0" >>> Driver "vesa" >>> VendorName "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]" >>> BoardName "771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter" >>> BusID "PCI:1:0:0" >>> EndSection > > I can get the vesa driver to run at 1024x768, but what I want is the > r128 driver running at 1400x1050. Part of why I want the r128 driver is > to get the hardware acceleration. > > Anytime I had the r128 driver running at a resolution above 800x600, the > display exhibited some strange folding effects. I think that means that > some of the timing values were wrong. > > Thanks for your help. > > I think my next step is to try installing Fedora 13 and see if I can get > that to work. If it works, maybe I can collect timing values from it. > > Craig > > OK, now I know this works on different screen cards if making use of xorg.conf. Trust you succeed in your efforts. Johan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
