how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 02:58:52PM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/12/2012 03:06 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
> > guys,
> >
> > can any of you fedora and dell gurus clue me in on how to get a screen 
> > resolution of ~1920x1080 on my new Dell 3010?  my older dual has this
> > resolution but it was given to me; I have no clue what's inside.
> >
> > my new Dell maxes out with a [5:4] resolution of something close to
> > 1200x1024.  This is the box with the UEFI that I finally got past.  the
> > last thing is the widescreen solution.
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> >
> 
> post the output of "xrandr"



	here 'tis.  I'm not sure what this means:


pts/3 12:43 <tao> [4648] xrandr
~
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
509mm x 286mm
   1920x1080      60.0*+
   1680x1050      60.0  
   1680x945       60.0  
   1400x1050      74.9     60.0  
   1600x900       60.0  
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0  
   1440x900       75.0     59.9  
   1280x960       60.0  
   1366x768       60.0  
   1360x768       60.0  
   1280x800       74.9     59.8  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1280x768       74.9     59.9  
   1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0  
   1024x576       60.0  
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
   848x480        60.0  
   640x480        72.8     75.0     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
pts/3 12:43 <tao> [4649]


			


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