Optiplex 745 widescreen display

[Kerry Mayes]

915resolution may not be able to automatically detect the mode you
want - you may need to set it manually by editing the file
/etc/default/915resolution.  set the xres and yres options rather than
having it as auto.

On 30/03/07, Gary Lerhaupt <gary at lerhaupt.com> wrote:
> On 3/29/07, Michael E Brown <Michael_E_Brown at dell.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:51:14AM -0700, Gary Lerhaupt wrote:
> > > I was just curious if anyone has been able to get widescreen
> > > resolutions working on their Optiplex 745 (intel 965 chipset).  I'm
> > > running FC6, and though Xorg.0.log shows Modelines for 1920x1200 and
> > > 1680x1050, any attempt to add a Mode to xorg.conf gives a resulting
> > > "no mode of this name" in the log.
> >
> > Have you tried 915resolution? I have had success with it on my laptop (havent tried an external screen, though.)
>
> I did try.  Supposedly a patch here
> (http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-October/018926.html)
> is supposed to add i965 support to 915resolution, but I still get
> "Intel chipset detected.  However, 915resolution was unable to
> determine the chipset type." in response.
>
> What's strange is that my Xorg.log shows a number of 0x0 modes with
> all info that has been zeroed out, even though it does show widescreen
> modelines elsewhere.  I'm thinking something like 915resolution is
> exactly what I need, perhaps I should try contacting its maintainer.
>
> Gary
>
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