Hi
I've recently installed natty on my laptop with some difficulties (see my previous posts...) related to my graphic card: as it is an old intel card, I had to specify the boot option nomodeset.
lspci | grep VGA gives:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Everything works fine now except the screen resolution: the only available is
xrandr:
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 0.0*
I know the graphic card is capable of better resolution (my laptop was previously running maverick with "normal" resolution, but I don't remember which)
Now on, the resolution is OK for my declining eyes but still, squares look rectangle, circles look oval... this is somewhat weird.
A recent post in this thread suggests to use the 915resolution tool.
More searches however inform me that this tool is no more part of the official packages since karmic. I am very reluctant to use a non supported tool. Its web page hasn't been updated since 2007...
Can somebody answer me
-if this tool is reliable and won't cause any damage (my natty install was so painful that I really don't want to experience it again)
-is there some kind of support for it
-is there a location where I can download natty packages for it?
all the best and thanks in advance
I've recently installed natty on my laptop with some difficulties (see my previous posts...) related to my graphic card: as it is an old intel card, I had to specify the boot option nomodeset.
lspci | grep VGA gives:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Everything works fine now except the screen resolution: the only available is
xrandr:
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 0.0*
I know the graphic card is capable of better resolution (my laptop was previously running maverick with "normal" resolution, but I don't remember which)
Now on, the resolution is OK for my declining eyes but still, squares look rectangle, circles look oval... this is somewhat weird.
A recent post in this thread suggests to use the 915resolution tool.
More searches however inform me that this tool is no more part of the official packages since karmic. I am very reluctant to use a non supported tool. Its web page hasn't been updated since 2007...
Can somebody answer me
-if this tool is reliable and won't cause any damage (my natty install was so painful that I really don't want to experience it again)
-is there some kind of support for it
-is there a location where I can download natty packages for it?
all the best and thanks in advance
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