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jmull

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Registered: 2004-05-31

Posts: 14

1280x800 Widescreen Issues

Im trying to get my widescreen laptop screen running at 1280x800.  I looked around for solutions on the internet, and tried editing xorg.conf, but nothing I do seems to let me get to 1280x800.  Ive also upgraded my Radeon drivers with the drivers off the ATI website with no luck.

paranoos

Member

From: thornhill.on.ca

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 442

Re: 1280x800 Widescreen Issues

isn't it supposed to be 1280x768? that may be why it won't work. afaik, that's the proper widescreen resolution.

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: 1280x800 Widescreen Issues

isn't it supposed to be 1280x768? that may be why it won't work. afaik, that's the proper widescreen resolution.

Nop, plenty of laptops nowadays use 1280x800.

Heck, you can run almost any res you want, provided your monitor supports it, I ran 832x624 on my old computer, cause I wanted to be a res whore

jerem

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From: France

Registered: 2005-01-15

Posts: 310

Re: 1280x800 Widescreen Issues

I have a 1280x800 LCD screen on a Dell Inspiron 8600.

Here is my xorg.conf

Section "Files"


    RgbPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

#    ModulePath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection


Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load "extmod"
    Load "type1"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"


# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.

    Option    "blank time"    "10"    # 10 minutes

# Set the DPMS timeouts.  These are set here because they are global
# rather than screen-specific.  These settings alone don't enable DPMS.
# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when
# the driver supports it.

    Option    "standby time"    "20"
    Option    "suspend time"    "30"
    Option    "off time"    "60"


EndSection


Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Keyboard1"
    Driver    "keyboard"
    Option    "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option    "XkbLayout"    "fr"
    Option      "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Mouse1"
    Driver    "mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#   Option    "Protocol"    "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option    "Device"    "/dev/input/mice"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

    Option    "Protocol"    "Auto"


EndSection


Section "Monitor"

    Identifier   "Monitor1"

    ModelName    "WXGA"
    HorizSync 30.0-107.0
    VertRefresh 50.0-185.0
    ModeLine "1280x800"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848

    Option        "DPMS"

EndSection


Section "Device"

    Identifier "Device1"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "DPMS"
    Option "NvAGP" "1"
    Option "Nologo" "true"

EndSection


Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen1"

    Device     "Device1"

    Monitor    "Monitor1"

    DefaultDepth     24

    SubSection "Display"

        Depth     24

        Modes    "1280x800"

    EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Layout1"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    Screen "Screen1"
EndSection