Re: ati firegl

[Marko Randjelovic <marel@ni.sbb.co.yu>]

Harshal wrote:
> Hello,
>          I just got HP compaq nw8440, which as this wide screen display
> which runs at 1680x1050. the graphic card is ATI FireGL 5200.  i have
> tried installing ubuntu, debian etch and knoppix, all of them run at
> 1024x768 resolution, which looks pretty odd with strectched look (the
> screen is not 4:3, its wide screen 16:9). i have tried manually editing
> xorg.conf but didnt help, i also tried ATI's own properietory driveres
> but then the X wont start only with no errors.
>
> anyone has able to use that graphic card with the resolution i am
> talking about?
>
>
>   
What did you do with xorg.conf? What wm/desktop environment do you use? 
In gnome you can set resolution in Desktop/Preferences/Screen 
Resolution, and as i remember, there is similar option in KDE. But you 
must also include the resolution in xorg.conf, like this

Section "Screen"
...
   DefaultDepth    24
...
   SubSection "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
   EndSubSection
EndSection