Unable to get true 1920x1200 resolution with Fedora 8

[Jeremy Nix]

Todd, that would explain why my Display Settings and Resolution settings 
both say 1920x1200.  The reason I know it is not that actual resolution 
is twofold.  First, I had Fedora 5, 6 and 7 installed on this laptop, so 
I've grown accustomed to a particular resolution setting.  Secondly, 
this same laptop is being used by another user with a Windows XP 
installation, and the differences between resolutions are night and 
day.  That said, I've attached the 2 different outputs of xdpyinfo.  One 
when I've acheived what I believe is 1920x1200 resolution, and one when 
it is defaulted back to 1280x960 (i think).  They are identical outputs, 
but the display is completely different.  I can send screenshots to 
anyone who's interested.

I did manage to find an article that *may* be related:  
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/15131

I'm attempting some of the user suggestions for this bug, but so far 
nothing has managed to correct the issue.

__________________________________
Jeremy Nix
Senior Application Developer
Southwest Financial Services, Ltd.
(513) 621-6699



Todd Denniston wrote:
> Jeremy Nix wrote, On 12/05/2007 11:52 AM:
>> What I've found to be odd is that the Fedora 8 install dropped me in 
>> to what it describes as a 1920x1200 resolution, but it is obviously 
>> not.  I was just able to replicate the "phenomenon" that allows me to 
>> get a temporary 1920x1200 resolution.  Here are the steps to reproduce:
>>
>> 1) Using init level of 3, run startx.
>> 1) Change the screen resolution (not disply settings) to a lower 
>> resolution
>> 2) kill the gnome session (ctrl+alt+backspace)
>> 3) start back up the X environment (startx)
>> 4) Go back to the screen resolution preferences, and change back to 
>> 1920x1200 and click apply.
>> 5) My resolution appears to be correct for now, but once I logout and 
>> log back in, I will be back to a crappy resolution (1280x960 or 
>> similar I think).
>>
>
> I am curious, by what method do you know you are not at 1920x1200, and 
> at what resolution you are really at ????
> xdpyinfo???
> It looks like, from your Xorg.0.log if I interpreted it correctly, 
> that you should be in one of:
> "1920x1200"x60.0
> "1360x768"x59.8
> "1360x768"x60.0
> "1280x800"x60.0
> "1152x864"x60.0
> "1280x768"x60.0
> "1280x720"x60.0
> "1024x768"x60.0
> "800x600"x60.3
> "640x480"x59.9
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: xdpyinfo_1920x1200.tar.gz
Type: application/x-gzip
Size: 1488 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20071205/85540b59/attachment-0002.bin>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: xdpyinfo_non1920x1200.tar.gz
Type: application/x-gzip
Size: 1493 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20071205/85540b59/attachment-0003.bin>