[dundee] resolutions problem

[Daniel Lamb]

Andrew Clayton wrote:
> 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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its 8.04.1

with
xrandr -s 1280x1024 i get

Size 1280x1024 not found in available modes


any other ideas?

Daniel