On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Christopher Thom wrote: > Quoth William Gallafent: > > > (Or have I missed something earlier in this discussion that prevents > > this from working?) > > yup. The driver uses the video bios to programme video modes. If a mode > is not listed in the BIOS you are, as they say, shit outta luck :-( > > the modes listed in my 855GM are 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x600, > 1600x1200 and 1920x1440. Since I have a hi-res 1400x1050 mode, I'm also > screwed. > > This is the fault of you're system manufacturer (in my case DELL). You > need to hassle them for a BIOS upgrade. But my 1280x800 display works fine under Windows (i.e. not stretched) so the video card must support this (widescreen) mode. I guess the problem is that the Linux driver is not providing support for this mode (or rather, it doesn't obviously support this mode - maybe there is a patch or a fix somewhere?). Coryn. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
