Re: Maximum VGA output screen resolution

2008-09-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/9/4 Tony Godshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My Dell (an old insprion 8600) runs 1920x1200. A nice surprise on Ubuntu 7.04 and later was that it Just Worked. I didn't have to tweak the /etc/X11 configs at all! Configuring this screen is a pain in Debian, with no two installs working in quite

Re: Maximum VGA output screen resolution

2008-09-04 Thread Tony Godshall
Same with my old Sony Vaio PCG-8C3L aka PCG-GRX560. 1600x1200. That is, until the display started to go (these days is is crisp in text mode but goes nasty left-right flickery. Anyhow, yes, I've been able to get video out through the VGA connector at whatever resolution the monitor would

Re: Maximum VGA output screen resolution

2008-09-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/9/4 Tony Godshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But if you need the big screen, why the laptop? Surely you get a better bang for the buck with a traditional motherboard/monitor setup. Especially if you want a low-rez big screen. The desktop is rather difficult to carry to the university every

Maximum VGA output screen resolution

2008-09-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 / 6400 with the ATI X1400 video card and a 1680x1050 15.4 monitor. I am considering purchasing an LCD monitor for use at home, as the 15.4 screen is too tiny. How can I know what maximum resolution the VGA output is capable of? For that matter, how do I enable it? I

Re: Maximum VGA output screen resolution

2008-09-03 Thread Tony Godshall
My Dell (an old insprion 8600) runs 1920x1200. A nice surprise on Ubuntu 7.04 and later was that it Just Worked. I didn't have to tweak the /etc/X11 configs at all! Same with my old Sony Vaio PCG-8C3L aka PCG-GRX560. 1600x1200. That is, until the display started to go (these days is is crisp