On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 03:00:56PM -0500, Steven J. Brown wrote: > > Can anyone help me get Fedora Core running on a Dell Inspiron 8600 > notebook? The problem is that it's got an unusual wide-screen monitor > (runs at 1680 x 1050). I've tried various selections during text-mode I have a Inspiron D800 which runs at the same resolution. Here's my XF86Config file which I made thanks to the linux-on-Dell-laptops guys. Tell us if it works for you. Emmanuel
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" EndSection Section "Files" # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "dri" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" # Or if you just want both to be control, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" # Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you # also use USB mice at the same time. Identifier "DevInputMice" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "16:10" # 1280x800 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 62.62 kHz; pclk: 107.21 MHz Modeline "1280x800" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835 # 1280x800 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 71.40 kHz; pclk: 123.38 MHz Modeline "1280x800" 123.38 1280 1368 1504 1728 800 801 804 840 # 1280x800 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 84.80 kHz; pclk: 147.89 MHz Modeline "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 # 1680x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 188.07 MHz Modeline "1680x1050" 188.07 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1096 # 1680x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 214.51 MHz Modeline "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103 # 1680x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 256.20 MHz Modeline "1680x1050" 256.20 1680 1808 1992 2304 1050 1051 1054 1112 # 1920x1200 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.97 kHz; pclk: 246.59 MHz Modeline "1920x1200" 246.59 1920 2064 2272 2624 1200 1201 1204 1253 # 1920x1200 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 107.10 kHz; pclk: 282.74 MHz Modeline "1920x1200" 282.74 1920 2072 2280 2640 1200 1201 1204 1260 # 1920x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 337.58 MHz Modeline "1920x1200" 337.58 1920 2072 2288 2656 1200 1201 1204 1271 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Dell" ModelName "Dell 1600x1200 Laptop Display Panel" HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 VertRefresh 59.0 - 85.0 ModeLine "1680x1050" 229.5 1680 1700 1856 2160 1050 1201 1204 1250 Option "dpms" UseModes "16:10" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1680x1050" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Group 0 Mode 0666 EndSection
