Just a dumb question: some of these machines have a
1024x768 display, are you sure yours is not one of
them?
Lionel
--- "Barry A. Warsaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all, please CC me as I'm not on this list (but
> will keep an eye on
> the archives). Thanks.
>
> I have a newly requisitioned Dell Latitude C600 with
> an 8MB ATI
> Mobility M3 card, running Mandrake 8.0 with the
> stock XFree86 version
> 4.0.3 patch level 7mdk. For the life of me, I
> cannot get this thing
> to display at 1280x1024 resolution. I've installed
> the
> XF86Config-1280 file from Dell's support pages (to
> both
> /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4), I've
> tried other
> config files referenced by others on this list, and
> I've tried just
> about every combination of Xconfigurator settings I
> can imagine or
> have seen mentioned from Google searches. This
> laptop refuses to
> display in any other resolution than 1024x768.
>
> At this point, I'm so frustrated, I'm half tempted
> to install Windows
> <shudder> just to see whether /it/ can display in
> the higher
> resolution!
>
> I admit to being a pretty clueless XFree86 newbie,
> although I never
> had this much trouble with my desktop Linux box. ;)
>
> So questions: is it even possible for this machine
> to display at
> higher than 1024x768? If so, what magic XFree86
> incantation am I
> missing? If not, why do all the Dell pages lie
> about the maximum
> resolution? ;)
>
> I'll mention that this machine came to me running
> RH7.1, which I also
> couldn't get to display at a higher resolution,
> although I didn't try
> nearly as hard as with the Mandrake install.
>
> Any help or hints will be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> -Barry
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