resolution problems

[briand@aracnet.com]

>>>>> "Christian" == Christian Christmann <plfriko@yahoo.de> writes:

  Christian> Hi, I've a Toshiba M30X-131 laptop with Debian Sid and
  Christian> XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 running.

  Christian> The video card is an ATI Radeon 9700. I installed the
  Christian> recent ATI driver and the module is going to be loaded.

  Christian> However, I can't change the resolution to more than 1024
  Christian> x 768. When I edit the XF86Config-4 like

  Christian> [snip] ModeLine "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800
  Christian> 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync ...  SubSection "Display" Depth
  Christian> 24 Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  Christian> EndSubSection [snip]

  Christian> and restart X, it's just running with 1024x768 and I get
  Christian> an entry in /var/log/XFree86.0.log :


  Christian> (WW) fglrx(0): Mode 1280x960 is out of range.  Valid mode

Minor point, you are asking for 1280x960 but your modeline is "1280x800"

I am using the exact same modeline for my m35x-s161 and 1280x800 works
just fine.  However it uses the intel graphics chipset, not the ati.


Brian