On 8/25/07, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I just got a laptop (Acer Aspire 5100 `series') with a Radeon video card > (X1300) and a WXGA screen - 1200x800. It was a good deal, but the ATI > video card had me worried. > > Am I correct in thinking that there is no way to get X to display > 1200x800, other than: > - convincing Acer to get the BIOS fixed > - convincing ATI to release docs or a proper free driver > - switching to another OS (Linux has a proprietary driver from ATI, and > Windows of course works fine)? > I'm perfectly fine with no hardware acceleration, but getting the proper > aspect ratio would be nice. > I'll have to make do with `vesa' at 1200x1024 otherwise - which is okay, > but not as nice as I was hoping. > [snip]
(II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) VESA(0): clock: 68.9 MHz Image Size: 331 x 207 mm (II) VESA(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1301 h_sync_end 1333 h_blank_end 1408 h_border: 0 (II) VESA(0): v_active: 800 v_sync: 804 v_sync_end 808 v_blanking: 816 v_border: 0 Have you tried to create a Modeline with the "Supported additional Video Mode" info. as described in http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes#head-d174fd476064edf62ed05d71d8a91b3dc4307324 ? =Adriaan=
