Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-10 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 02:26:43AM -0600, Zane C. B-H. wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:47:06 -0800 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Rats:: xvidtune gave me > > > > "Video modes are not settable on this chip." > > > > how cheap can you get? no, the question is: what chip/vi

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-10 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 07:05:50AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 10/12/2012 00:31, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 08:38:06AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> > On 09/12/2012 00:23, Gary Kline wrote: > > >>> > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-10 Thread Zane C. B-H.
On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:47:06 -0800 Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > Rats:: xvidtune gave me > > "Video modes are not settable on this chip." > > how cheap can you get? no, the question is: what chip/video > card do I need that will get me [at least] 1920x1280? Unless you wish

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 10/12/2012 00:31, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 08:38:06AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> > On 09/12/2012 00:23, Gary Kline wrote: >>> > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my >>> > > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4.

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 17:00:17 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:08:38AM +, james wrote: > > Are you sure you mean 1920x1280??? > > > > I mean: 1280*800, or 1920*1200, those are more normal. (My older > > portables have the former, my Dell 24" has the latter) > > > > I can

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 08:38:06AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 09/12/2012 00:23, Gary Kline wrote: > > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my > > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's > > something like 1280x1014 whereas my widescr

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 07:21:17PM -0800, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my > > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's > > something like 1280x1014 ... > > Probably 1280x1024 -- a common siz

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread james
Are you sure you mean 1920x1280??? I mean: 1280*800, or 1920*1200, those are more normal. (My older portables have the former, my Dell 24" has the latter) I can believe 1920x1280 might cause problems. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing lis

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Gary Kline
> Rats:: xvidtune gave me "Video modes are not settable on this chip." how cheap can you get? no, the question is: what chip/video card do I need that will get me [at least] 1920x1280? -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Servic

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 05:24:27AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 16:23:31 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my > > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's > > something like 1280x1

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 9 Dec 2012, Matthew Seaman wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DVI_Connector_Types.svg Most DVI monitor cables have a DVI-D dual link plug on them, but anything matching those patterns is proof positive of DVI. VGA connectors looks like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:V

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 09/12/2012 00:23, Gary Kline wrote: > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's > something like 1280x1014 whereas my widescreen Dell needs > 1920x1280 or close to that. do I need to go

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-08 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 8 Dec 2012, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Gary Kline wrote: one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's something like 1280x1014 ... Probably 1280x1024 -- a common size before widescreen. The largest commo

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-08 Thread perryh
Gary Kline wrote: > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's > something like 1280x1014 ... Probably 1280x1024 -- a common size before widescreen. The largest commonly seen back then was 1600x1200. > ... wherea

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-08 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 16:23:31 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's > something like 1280x1014 whereas my widescreen Dell needs > 1920x1280 or close to t

question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-08 Thread Gary Kline
one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's something like 1280x1014 whereas my widescreen Dell needs 1920x1280 or close to that. do I need to go out and find a videocard? or