Jerry Geis wrote:
> I am attempting to setup a dell inspirons 1200 laptop
> media accelerator 900 from intel is the chipset so I am using the i810
> driver.
> In the default 1024x768 everything is fine.
>
> I am trying to setup the external port not the LCD to be 1366x768.
> I added a modeline to xorg.conf of:
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "LCD Panel 1600x1200"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
> VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
> ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777
> 806 -hsync -vsync
> ModeLine "1024x768" 54.2 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777
> 806 -hsync -vsync
> ModeLine "1366x768" 85.5 1366 1494 1624 1798 768 770 776
> 795 -hsync +vsync
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> There is a line in the log file of:
> (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 31.00-70.00 kHz
> (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-85.00 Hz
> (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1366x768" (no mode of this name)
> (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (width too large for
> virtual size)
> (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (width too large for
> virtual size)
> (1366x768,Monitor0) mode clock 100000MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz
> (1600x1200,Monitor0) mode clock 162MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz
> (II) I810(0): 6632 kBytes additional video memory is required to
>
> I looked at the specs of the media 900 and it does something like
> 25XXx10XX
>
> What am I not setting up correctly to see the 1366x768?
>
> THanks so much,
>
> Jerry
I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu
Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from
http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios has
a limited set of resolution modes
Hope this helps
Dean
