Intel 965GM - can't set resolution to 1280x800

[Jerone Young]

Interesting. The Xlog shows the intel driver sees 1280x800 when
probing for it in the BIOS. But when it tries to read the modes fro
the LVDS the highest it sees is 1024x768.


On Jan 3, 2008 3:07 AM, clasko <clasko at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi! I'm having a problem setting the resolution of this laptop (sony vaio
> vgn-nr185e) to 1280x800.
>
> The distro I have, Slackware 12, came with xf86-video-intel-2.0.0,
> xorg-server-1.3.0.0. I failed to set the resolution to 1280x800, with the
> vesa and intel drivers. With both intel and vesa, I got a 1024x768
> resolution. The only difference is that with vesa, the screen is centered
> (with black areas surrounding it), and with the intel driver, the screen is
> at the top left corner, black area on the right side, and on the bottom part
> the upper part of the screen is repeated/mirrored (as in, if firefox is
> maximized, you can see its titlebar on the top and bottom portions of the
> screen).
>
> After that, I compiled xorg from git. Still, no luck-- I'm still getting a
> 1024x768 res.
>
> I have tried specifying a modeline in xorg.conf but that didn't work.
>
> Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Attached is my Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf
>
> Thanks!
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