[CentOS] x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768

[Plant, Dean]

Jerry Geis wrote:
> I am attempting to setup a dell inspirons 1200 laptop
> media accelerator 900 from intel is the chipset so I am using the i810
> driver.
> In the default 1024x768 everything is fine.
> 
> I am trying to setup the external port not the LCD to be 1366x768.
> I added a modeline to xorg.conf of:
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "LCD Panel 1600x1200"
>         HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
>         VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
>         ModeLine     "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777
> 806 -hsync -vsync
>         ModeLine     "1024x768" 54.2 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777
> 806 -hsync -vsync
>         ModeLine     "1366x768" 85.5 1366 1494 1624 1798 768 770 776
> 795 -hsync +vsync
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> There is a line in the log file of:
> (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 31.00-70.00 kHz
> (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-85.00 Hz
> (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1366x768" (no mode of this name)
> (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (width too large for
> virtual size)
> (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (width too large for
> virtual size)
> (1366x768,Monitor0) mode clock 100000MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz
> (1600x1200,Monitor0) mode clock 162MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz
> (II) I810(0): 6632 kBytes additional video memory is required to
> 
> I looked at the specs of the media 900 and it does something like
> 25XXx10XX 
> 
> What am I not setting up correctly to see the 1366x768?
> 
> THanks so much,
> 
> Jerry

I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu
Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from
http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios has
a limited set of resolution modes

Hope this helps

Dean