wide screen laptop problem

[Kevin Kempter]

Jon Hill wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have just bought a Sony Vaio FS115B which has a 1280x800 screen 
> resolution. Can anyone give me any advice on how I might find support 
> for this resolution under Fedora?
>
> Jon
>

make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has the correct settings for the 
MONITOR and DISPLAY sections:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
    HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
    VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
    Option      "dpms"
EndSection



Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
        Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x800" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


then set your screen resolution to 1280x800 via Kmenu-->system 
settings-->display.

My resolution is set to 800x600 but this is ignored because i've set my 
display to a 1280x800 lcd screen on the hardware tab.