Re: wide screen laptop problem

Jon Hill wrote:

Hi

I have just bought a Sony Vaio FS115B which has a 1280x800 screen resolution. Can anyone give me any advice on how I might find support for this resolution under Fedora?

Jon

make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has the correct settings for the MONITOR and DISPLAY sections:

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Monitor0"
   VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
   ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
   HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
   VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
   Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen0"
   Device     "Videocard0"
   Monitor    "Monitor0"
   DefaultDepth     24
   SubSection "Display"
       Viewport   0 0
       Depth     16
       Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
       Viewport   0 0
       Depth     24
       Modes    "1280x800" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

then set your screen resolution to 1280x800 via Kmenu-->system settings-->display.

My resolution is set to 800x600 but this is ignored because i've set my display to a 1280x800 lcd screen on the hardware tab.