On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 09:23 +0200, Jan Albrecht wrote: > Hi Sean, > > I already tried that, but that did not help. The machine still does come > up with 1280x1024. And even KDE does not provide me more than that > resolution. > I already diabled 915resolution hack and framebuffer laoding during > boot, no solution. > > Jan > > Sean Craig wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > > > I also have this chipset in my Apple MacBook. To get the desired > > resolution, I set the resolution, saved without testing, and rebooted > > the machine. (save /etc/X11/xorg.conf first!) > > > > The 915resolution hack is applied early on in the boot process to set > > the correct resolution. > > > > Regards > > > > Sean > > > > > > Jan Albrecht wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've little problem here. > >> I got a SUN 365-1430 monitor as present here yesterday. The monitor > >> does work fine and supports a resolution up to 1600x1200. > >> If I do enter this resolution to sax2 and test it, sax2 will fall back > >> to 1280x1024, no matter what I provide sax2 as monitor data. > >> > >> Does anyone of you have the idea what the problem could be? > >> > >> 915resolution does provide me this: > >> > >> sudo 915resolution -l > >> albr17's password: > >> Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.3 > >> > >> Chipset: 945G > >> BIOS: TYPE 1 > >> Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269 > >> Mode Table Entries: 27 > >> > >> Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel > >> Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel > >> Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel > >> Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel > >> Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel > >> Mode 3c : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel > >> Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel > >> Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel > >> Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel > >> Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel > >> Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel > >> Mode 4d : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel > >> Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel > >> Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel > >> Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel > >> Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel > >> Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel > >> Mode 5c : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel > >> > >> > >> So I assume I do not have to patch the the vbios, as my resolution is > >> already listed there. > >> I've worked myself through various prostings and already provided the > >> monitor specifications to sax2 by hand, but I still do not get my > >> wanted resolution. > >> > >> Any idea? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Jan > >> >
Try setting the resolution by hand in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. MAKE a backup of the file first - I have knocked myself out after messing it up without a working backup. You can try your new res by starting a second X session: X :1 use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill it. E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
