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

[Ed Greshko]

On 12/13/2012 04:44 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
> 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]
>
>

Did you post the output from the "working" system?

In the output the line

1920x1080 60.0*+

Indicates by * that this is the current mode and by the + indicates that the preferred mode of the attached monitor is 1920x1080.


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