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    How to have 1280x800 resolution on my laptop??

    Hi guys!
    I have Kubuntu 8.04 on my Toshiba Satellite A300.

    The screen is configured 1024x768, but I want it 1280x800 and I'm not able to do this change.

    After some trying, I think that the problem is the graphic DRIVER: Kubuntu uses VESA generic.
    I've tried to change it, but in the list of available driver there's not the right one.

    Notice that the right driver is ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3470.
    In the list there is ATI Radeon, but it does not work at all.

    Do you agree that this should be the problem?
    What if I download the driver on http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html?

    THANX
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    Re: How to have 1280x800 resolution on my laptop??

    I'm no expert on ATI graphics, but I would not stray from the *buntu repositories, if I were you. There are very few happy endings to stories that involve downloaded graphics drivers, unless you really know what you're doing ... :P

    There must be a fglrx or other ATI driver solution in the repos. How about "Restricted Driver Manager" - did you try that?
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      Re: How to have 1280x800 resolution on my laptop??

      ok, with fglrx my screen is perfect!

      But now i have an other problem: each time I reboot the system, the configuration "comes back" to 1024x768.
      Notice that my xorg.conf seems ok now (only "1280x800" is in!)
      What can I do?
      Thanx
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        Re: How to have 1280x800 resolution on my laptop??

        If you will do Alt-F2 "kdesu kate" with no quote marks, and open the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, probably you can find a line that looks something like this:

        Code:
          Option    "metamodes" "1024x768 +0+0"

        I'm pretty confident that if you insert

        Code:
         "1280x800 +0 +0"
        in front (to the left) of that 1024x768 term, you'll get a 1280x800 screen at the next start of the X server.


        If that doesn't work, search this forum for "ati" and "screen resolution" -- there must be a thousand posts on the subject.
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          Re: How to have 1280x800 resolution on my laptop??

          I've not the option "metamodes" (no resolutions are mentioned in xorg.conf but 1280x800).
          Am I supposed to add this option?
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            Re: How to have 1280x800 resolution on my laptop??

            See if this helps:

            http://scripts-net.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=23

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              Re: How to have 1280x800 resolution on my laptop??

              FOUND A SOLUTION FOR REBOOT PROBLEM!!

              I've read an old post

              http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=355795

              I've modified the fle displayconfigrc (loof for it with "locate" command) with the correct values 1280x800 and now when I reboot my configuration is really as I expect

              But there's another little problem: the screen is "slow", i mean, when i move a window or scroll a text, the movement is not fluent...
              any ideas?? THANX
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