1280x800 on VAIO VGN-T2XP/S?

[Markus Huber]

Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 22:52 +0200, Markus Huber wrote:
> 
>>Has anyone tried the non-standard 1280x800 resolution on a Sony VAIO 
>>VGN-T2XP/S?
>>
>>The card is an Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Card.
>>
> 
> 
> Ahh, another Intel 855 owner with a widescreen laptop. I have a similar
> video chipset in my JVC MiniNote, and FC3 was no fun to get set up right
> on the chip.  I've only got a 1024x600 screen, so I at least didn't have
> to resort to strange tricks to get the laptop's screen to work at full
> resolution, save for adding a custom modeline.

This is very bad news, so it seems, I cannot get the full widescreen 
resolution with FC4 either.

> However, power management has been a bear - specifically, suspend and
> resume and 3D acceleration.  On FC3 (updated or stock), any GL
> application will crash if started after suspend (sometimes taking the X
> server with it and leaving the machine in a state that requires a
> reboot, sometimes not).  I fixed this under FC3, but I haven't put FC4
> on my machine yet.  Since you have it on there, does 3D acceleration
> work after an ACPI suspend/resume cycle on your laptop under Fedora Core
> 4?

I did not even try to get 3D acceleration, because I wanted a 
distribution which can handle the screen - and I am actually not using 
apps which need 3D acceleration badly.

So it seems I have to play around with Ubuntu a bit or give Suse 9.3 a 
try (should be on their servers for free download this week).

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Thx
Markus Huber