F14 Uses Wrong Resolution on Dell C600 Laptop
Craig Lanning
CraigL at sc.rr.com
Tue Dec 7 16:08:36 UTC 2010
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 13:01 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote:
> Craig Lanning wrote:
> > I have a Dell Latitude C600 which will only display at 800x600.
> >
> > $ lspci -s 01:00.0
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02)
> >
> > $ xrandr
> > Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
> > default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
> > 800x600 60.0* 56.0
> > 640x480 60.0
> >
> > I tried adding 'nomodeset' to the kernel boot line, but that had no
> > effect.
> >
> > I tried adding 'video=aty128fb:1400x1050' to the kernel boot line, but
> > that, also, had no effect.
> >
> > Is there a way to get this machine to use the 1400x1050 natural
> > resolution of the LDC?
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
> Hi Craig,
>
> You could try replacing the monitor/screen part in your xorg.conf file
> with what I will add here. It worked for my Fujitsu/Siemens.
> If your hardware is..
> VendorName "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> BoardName "771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter"
>
> Try it anyway it may just work??
It will probably be this evening before I get a chance to try this.
Thanks for the info.
Craig
> Make copy of your xorg.conf.
> Replace the part mentioned.
> Reboot.
> Should it not work it will boot in console then replace with origanal.
>
> Here follows the lines...
> Johan
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> > ModelName "Monitor Model"
> > HorizSync 30-107
> > VertRefresh 50-185
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > ### Available Driver options are:-
> > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
> > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
> > ### [arg]: arg optional
> > Option "ShadowFB" "false" # [<bool>]
> > #Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]
> > #Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]
> > Identifier "Card0"
> > Driver "vesa"
> > VendorName "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]"
> > BoardName "771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter"
> > BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Card0"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 1
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 4
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 8
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 15
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 16
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 24
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
>
>
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