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Video Resolution on Inspiron 6000
I have been trying for several weeks to get Ubuntu "Edgy Eft" to work on my Inspiron 6000 laptop (Intel Pentium M 1.73GHz, Mobile Intel 915/GMS,910GML Express Chipset video to wide laptop screen.
No matter what I tried, the default resolution of 1600x1200 is the only choice I had. I downloaded and burned the CD and fresh-installed Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn."
A whole lot of things work better "from-the-box" on this install, but I'm still stuck with the same video problem. How do I get 1280x800 to be available, and the default?
No matter what I tried, the default resolution of 1600x1200 is the only choice I had. I downloaded and burned the CD and fresh-installed Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn."
A whole lot of things work better "from-the-box" on this install, but I'm still stuck with the same video problem. How do I get 1280x800 to be available, and the default?
PriceChild
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Posted May 30th, 2007 12:00
You can find more information here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto#head-0e3051713171cb5d1bf49dc2dc7bea24eb9ed83e
This "should" be fixed in Feisty afaik, if not is definitely fixed in Gutsy (November) with the arrival of xorg 7.3 and xrandr1.2- Well, thanks to you both. I installed 915resolution and followed the instructions, modifying the /etc/inet.d/915resolution file and the etc/X11/xorg.conf file to reflect a change to Mode 58 to make it 1280x800. No joy so far. The machine starts up in 1600x1200 and under Preferences > Screen Resolution, 1600x1200 is the only option. It is though the 915resolution and xorg.conf entries have no effect whatsoever. (I did at one point however manage to mung my xorg.conf file so as to create a Fatal Error, and had to recover from the command prompt. Fortunately, I had backed up my xorg.conf before playing with it.)
cmspaz
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Posted May 30th, 2007 03:00