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

[Gary Kline]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 07:56:17AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> 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.
> 


	"tao" is my new quad optplex that  refuses to display above
	1280x1024.  my "working" system is dubbed "ethos".  it's got
	1920x1080 which is what I want own my new computer.  DEspite 
	the token that are shown after the lines of resolution, the
	output on "tao is only 1280x1024. {for some reason I cannot get 
	a ksnapshot of my scrren resolution; I'm missing kio_file.}

	--maybe a theraputic reboot[?]
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