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

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Thu Dec 13 14:54:52 UTC 2012


On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:37:17 +0900
nomnex <nomnex at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:32:38 +0100
> > Mateusz Marzantowicz <mmarzantowicz at osdf.com.pl> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps you
> > refer to Secure Boot but didn't mention it in your post?
> 
> Thanks to point out my mistake. I was referring to M$ implementation of
> the Secure Boot feature of the EUFI on W8 certified machines.
> 
> Still some confusion:
> - A windows 8 certified machine should have am option to turn UEFI
> off, or to only Turn Secure boot off? And the "Legacy mode" I
> see on some UEFI print-screens, is it related.

Legacy mode is for running software expecting the old BIOS type setup (ie
anything but Windows 8 and very recent Linux)

Restricted boot is a separate thing.

Alan


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