On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 12:12 -0500, ron flory wrote:
Adam Jackson wrote:
> ron flory wrote:
>> 2. X only appears to be able to use 1024x768 resolution. LCD is
>> 1280x800 native. No matter what I do with "system-configure-
>> display", I can't get it to run higher resolution. This worked
>> correctly under FC6T2 once I told it the LCD capabilities.
>
> The default i810 video driver can only set modes to those listed in the
> video BIOS, and you bought a machine with a sufficiently broken BIOS to
> not list the native panel size.
Thanks, that rattled my memory.
Running the '915resolution' prog from
http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/download.html in a rc. startup
to hack a proper video bios mode line lets X choose the correct
resolution.
Using the intel driver is a better solution and will work better with
things like suspend/resume :)
Jeremy