Need help with Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook

[Marc Schwartz]

On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 14:00, Steven J. Brown wrote:
> Can anyone help me get Fedora Core running on a Dell Inspiron 8600 
> notebook?  The problem is that it's got an unusual wide-screen monitor 
> (runs at 1680 x 1050).   I've tried various selections  during text-mode 
> installation, but none have worked so far.  I also tried manually 
> inserting "1680x1050" into the XF86Config file, but that didn't help.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.


You did not indicate which video card you have (ATI or NVidia) but there
are a variety of threads on the WUXGA display here:

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=linuxport

HTH,

Marc Schwartz