How do I set the screen resolution to 1280x800?

[JDMicklos]

I am a 2 month user of gentoo, and a off/on again linux user for over a half year. I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 700m with the centrino package (I know, I know, centrino=M$). I have everything running (including the centrino wireless ). The only thing that works, but could be better is the screen resolution, the optimum resolution is 1280 x 800. Would setting this be handled by something in xwindows? How would I acomplish setting the resolution properlly?

THANKS EVERYONE!!
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-Jonathan Micklos

[rickvernam]

what all did you do in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file? did you do the automatic one where it builds the config file for you?
I've got a laptop too...here is part of my /etc/X11/XF86Config file that pertains to the resolution...

[JDMicklos]

[rickvernam]

oh yeah, xorg. forgot to ask...hmmm....id look more man...but i got like 3 hrs of homework...that'll put me till 4:00 AM....

[Dunster]

Hi I just spent some time this evening converting my Toshiba M30 laptop which is also 1280x800 over to Xorg. I was in my xorg.conf file and have it working with the following settings. The file still needs to be cleaned up but this should provide a good base to work from.

[lasj]

Check you X log for VBIOS 1280x800 mode because the i810/855 use the bios to set the display.
grep 1280 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
if you not get somthing like:

[gspr]

Do you have an Intel 855 graphics card?
If so, a program called "855resolution" will probably fix this for you. I've submitted an ebuild - https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66147 - but it's not in portage yet. Read the bug description and the author's site for information.
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[Ansur]

Any chance one could get a hw-malfunction when playing with resolutions?

I'm expecting my laptop in about a week and ofcourse I'm planning on installing gentoo on it.
It also has a 1280*800 res, with an ATI Radeon 9700 in it.
Does that ati-programme support these newer resolutions?
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[syadnom]

Ansur,
modern hardware will simple not function in the wrong mode, so dont worry about your hardware(chipset and such) a monitor on the other hand MIGHT f*k up if the wrong settings are used, but again, modern hardware typically takes this into account.

AND, the software drive should not allow modes that are not possible to be tried anyway, and your X server should crash with a "no modes found" or similar error because the driver spits the bad modes back.

[Gentoo User]

Hello there!

I'd like to tell you that Dunster's 1280x800 modeline (see above) works perfectly for my 855GM integrated GPU. I got 1280x800 flawlessly!
Thanks a lot, Dunster.

Best wishes

Gentoo User

[JDMicklos]

Thank you all very much!!! I got mine to work with that mode line!!!
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-Jonathan Micklos

[trilexx]

Im wondering you had problems setting your resolution. I got a 1280*800 my own and it worked from the very beginning.

I just changed the xorg.conf and added my resolution. could xorg somehow reject this, or what has been the problem?

[wow0609]

So, I have the 855resolution program installed, and running fine. It works great.

My question is: How do I update my system to auto-launch this program at bootup, for all users...

I launch the program with

./855resolution 52 1280 800

it currently lives in a subdir of /root/ becuase that is the user I used when I compiled/installed it. I think, though, that the install copied it to /usr/bin/

So, what is the proper what to get this executed in my startup scripts? I assume it will use the rc-update command, etc.

Thanks,

W

[Gentoo User]

Hello there!

[gspr]

[idonda]

[Jerem]

Here is my xorg.conf, with the modelines which I picked from a Mandrake auto-generated xorg.conf(their installer supports widescreens).
I heavily modified it because it was filled with crap and specific configuration and weird paths for the fonts...

It is set for a 1280x800 Dell Laptop 16:10 screen and I have been using it for something like 6 months, without any problem ever...

[MasterX]

Run the command
gtf 1280 800 60

This will give you the modeline that you need to put in the Monitor section, as Jerem has.

[idonda]

[idonda]

[MasterX]

[mikegpitt]

Cool, I just got a laptop with an Intel 855GM, and running 'gtf 1280 800 60' and sticking the output line in the Monitor section of the xorg.conf worked great.