No, I don't think this is a bug. Mac did a good job of fixing the Xorg X
server config problems that were present in pre-alpha1. I also have the Intel
i845 graphics chipset (Dell Dimension 2300), and in my system the Nexenta live
CD now boots into a 1600x1200 Gnome desktop which can trivially be reset to
1280x1024, the native resolution of my LCD display (through
System>Preferences>Screen Resolution, which offers 5 options, from 640x480 to
1600x1200).
You can probably fix this by editing the Monitor section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Mine looks like this:
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 340 270 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SAM"
ModelName "SyncMaster"
### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
# HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
# VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Intel Corp."
BoardName "82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
You could probably use the same settings (certainly for Card0) but change the
VendorName and ModelName of Monitor0, if you can figure out what to plug in
there. Perhaps "Dell" and "Inspiron 1100" would do? Or perhaps you can
uncomment the HSync and VRefresh lines and put in the appropriate values there
which you can get from the technical specs for your Dell or from a HW probe of
one of the Linux live CD's, e.g. Knoppix or Gentoo or Ultimate Boot CD. After
editing and saving the xorg.conf file, logout and then hit ALT-CTRL-BKSP, and
the new settings will apply when the X server restarts.
Robert
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