Unable to get true 1920x1200 resolution with Fedora 8
Gilboa Davara
gilboad at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 13:27:49 UTC 2007
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 07:33 -0500, Jeremy Nix wrote:
> During a recent re-install to Fedora 8, I have found that the 1920x1200
> resolution that I had in Fedora 7 has been lost. Even with the
> 915resolution hack, the resolution still is off. From what I can guess,
> it looks like 1280x1024 or 1440x900. Has anyone had success achieving
> this resolution, if so how?
>
> I did notice a few peculiarities. First, I was able to get a resolution
> close to (if not exactly) 1920x1200 after futzing with the screen
> resolution in the GUI, logging out, logging back in. The couple times I
> saw the "good" resolution, I had reduced my screen resolution setting,
> restarted, then updated the screen resolution to 1920x12000 and clicked
> apply. After the next login, the resolution was back to its reduced
> version. I also notice that each time I login, the resolution appears
> to magnify as the fonts/icons are being loaded. The text generally
> shows up first in a smaller form, and then magnifies as everything is
> loaded. I don't know whether either of these two points are relevant,
> but I did find them unusual.
>
> My configuration is below.
>
> ############################################
> # System:
> Inspiron 9400
> Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 GM
> 17in WUXGA screen
>
> ############################################
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "single head configuration"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Synaptics"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express
> Integrated Graphics Controller"
> Driver "intel"
> EndSection
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express
> Integrated Graphics Controller"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1920x1200"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1920x1200"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1920x1200"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1920x1200"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1920x1200"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1920x1200"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> Section "Module"
> Load "glx"
> Load "dri"
> EndSection
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
> ############################################
> # /etc/sysconfig/915resolution:
> RESOLUTION="3c 1920 1200 24"
>
You might want to post your LCD maker and model?
Plus, please post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file. (gzipped)
- Gilboa
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