> On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 20:49 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: >> There are two good sites with linux laptop info, with laptops listed by model, and links to user sites which describe user experiences. >> >> http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and >> http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html > > These are good, up to a point. I have had the joy of trying to get a Dell 640m laptop (with an internal 1440x900 display) to use an external 1680x1050 display. I have not got it working, but I have not given up :) > > To fend off the flurry of responses, I provide the following > information. > * The Dell 640m laptop is installed with Ubuntu 6.10. > * It has a Intel 945GM graphics chip. > * The internal monitor works perfectly. > * X can drive the external monitor at 1024x768. > * The external monitor refuses to be driven at 1440x900, which is > the resolution of the internal monitor. > * I have not been able to convince X to produce 1680x1050 output. * From memory, I am using the i820 X driver on the laptop. I tried > the "intel" driver, but all I get is a black screen. (GDM starts without error, but nothing is displayed.) > > I am going to play around with the multi-head options in the X11 configuration, to see if that will help things. Suggestions will be much appreciated.
2 minutes googling found this, but you may have already found it: http://grosskurth.ca/hardware/widescreen.html "This page explains how to get a Dell 2007WFP (also known as the 2007FPW) widescreen LCD functioning at the native 1680x1050 resolution on a system with an Intel 945G chipset running Ubuntu Linux (6.10 Edgy Eft)."
