Need help with Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 15.03.2004 schrieb Steven J. Brown um 21:00:
> 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.

Insert a modeline into the XF86Config in the section Monitor. modeline
generators are online available at

1) http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl

2) http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines

3) http://www.sh.nu/nvidia/gtf.php

Alexander


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