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    7811fx linux, locked at 1920x1200

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by zarraza, Nov 17, 2008.

  1. zarraza

    zarraza Notebook Consultant

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    Hello. I am using backtrack3 distro which is based on slax.
    I am locked on 1920x1200 graphics. Thats the only option i have. How could i enable more graphical options?
    I tried playing with xorg.conf, and found out only trick how to increase graphic resolution but not decrease.

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "NoLogo" "1"
    Option "Coolbits" "1"
    Option "TripleBuffer" "1"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"
    Option "DamageEvents" "1"
    Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"

    if i increase Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +100+100" then i get 2020x1300. I tried doing -320+0, to get 1600x1200, but it did not work. Is there any ubuntu users or so? May you guys post yours xorg.conf? or give some kind of advice?
    also i am locked at 50 refresh rate.... ;(
    Thank you in advance
     
    zarraza, Nov 17, 2008
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  2. Jakamo5

    Jakamo5 Tetra Vaal

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    I think you'll have better luck if you ask in the Linux section of the forum
     
    Jakamo5, Nov 17, 2008
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  3. zarraza

    zarraza Notebook Consultant

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    nevermind... i solved it after long ours of researching :) all i had to do is use modeline converting tools on internet. It gave me a code and i had to add it in ...

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "AUO"
    HorizSync 30.0 - 75.5
    VertRefresh 62.0
    Option "DPMS"
    Modeline "1280x960@62" 105.34 1280 1336 1464 1704 960 960 962 997
    Modeline "1600x1024@62" 143.49 1600 1672 1848 2176 1024 1024 1026 1063
    EndSection

    AND

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "NoLogo" "1"
    Option "Coolbits" "1"
    Option "TripleBuffer" "1"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"
    Option "DamageEvents" "1"
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "metamodes" "1600x1024 142.81 1600 1672 1848 2176 1024 1024 1026 1063"
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1600x1024@62" "1280x960@62"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
     
    zarraza, Nov 17, 2008
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  4. viilutaja

    viilutaja Notebook Consultant

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    Hows the performance with Linux? Did you got everything installed? Every Device i mean and are they working? Not the right topic, but just this time :p
     
    viilutaja, Nov 17, 2008
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  5. zarraza

    zarraza Notebook Consultant

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    well it depends on linux. With alpha 6 ubuntu everything was working, before that i think there was a problem with wifi. There is new stable 8.10 release i think and should work fine. I am using security distro back track. Wifi is not working but i have usb wifi, so i am all set. Everything else seems ok.
     
    zarraza, Nov 17, 2008
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