Quoth Coryn Bailer-Jones: > But my 1280x800 display works fine under Windows (i.e. not stretched) so > the video card must support this (widescreen) mode. I guess the problem > is that the Linux driver is not providing support for this mode (or > rather, it doesn't obviously support this mode - maybe there is a patch > or a fix somewhere?).
NO! On the i8xx chipsets, the ONLY modes that are supported by XFree86 are those listed in the video bios. If it's not there, it cannot be done unless someone completely re-writes the driver (a thing which is impossible without knowing the technical details of the hardware). Now this is not to say that the hardware cannot do a 1280x800 mode - but the windows drivers work differently. who knows how they work? Intel and Microsoft certainly aren't sharing. The only way to get what you want using the current Xfree86 design is an update to the video bios listing the 1280x800 mode. This is ONLY available from your hardware manufacturer. hassle them. There is no patch or fix or anything. There's just not enough public information. This is all something that has been said before! See here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg11270.html :-) cheers chris -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | TELESCOPE, n. | | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
