Re: improve screen resolution

[Johan Scheepers <johansche@telkomsa.net>]

On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote:
> Johan Scheepers<johansche@telkomsa.net>  wrote:
>    
> > Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution.
> >      
>    
> > This is what I get in opensuse 11.3
> > lspci | grep VGA
> > dimensions:    1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters)
> >      
> That can't be right; are you mixing your commands and results? Try
> again, please:
>
>      lspci | grep VGA
>
> and then
>
>      xdpyinfo | grep dimensions
>
>
>    
> > This is very nice.
> >      
> So what's actually the problem?
>    
The problem is..:
In suse the resolotion  is

1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) ** Good **

In debian squeeze it is
 800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters)  **  Not so good  **



> Chris
>
>
>    
This now in debian squeeze..:

root@Johan:/home/johan# lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 
771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10)

root@Johan:/home/johan# xdpyinfo | grep dimensions
  dimensions:    800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters)

Do you want this in opensuse11.3?
Johan