[dundee] resolutions problem

Andrew Clayton andrew at digital-domain.net
Sat Oct 18 20:38:02 UTC 2008


On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:09:31 +0100, James Le Cuirot wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:53:04 +0100
> Daniel Lamb <daniel.lamb at openyourwindows.com> wrote:
> 
> > I wa just wondered if anyone has ever had problemsinstall ubuntu on
> > the intel 915 chipset, I have an acer travelmate 4050 which im
> > trying to get the screen res working on properly, currently it is
> > only getting 1024x768 and is doing my head in, have tried
> > 915resolution hack and adding parts in the xorg.conf file.
> 
> Try this...
> 
> xrandr -s 800x600
> 
> If that doesn't work, it might at least give you a clue as to what's
> wrong.

Though wouldn't he be more likely to be using the modesetting intel
driver that does randr 1.2. I guess it depends if he's using a new or
old Ubuntu.

In any case the output of xrandr on it's own would be useful.



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