Why is this resolution "inaccessible"?

[Alex Deucher]

On 1/19/06, Mikael Eriksson <mikael_miffe_eriksson at yahoo.se> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 10:35:22AM -0500, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > There are certain modes, like 320x200 and 320x240, that I would really like
> > to use, but the X server reports they're unusable:
>
> Was there any (offlist?) reply to this, i would also like to know how to
> fix this?

If you are using the intel hardware you are limited to what modes the
bios knows how to program.  if it doesn't have a 320x240 mode you are
out of luck (unless you use the various i8/9xxreolution, and
replacemode tweaks.

Alex