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[Josh Holland <jrh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:26:05PM +0000, Luke-Jennings wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> It would be very useful for the development of quickshot if as many
> people as possible could go Applications > Accessories > Terminal and
> post the output of 
> 
> "lshw -C display"
> 
> also please state which driver you are using e.g. propriety ati.
> 
> then do 
> 
> "xrandr"
> 
> if 800x600 is listed please do:  
> 
> WARNING: this will change your resolution but logging out and back in
> will reset it to your original resolution.
> 
> "xrandr -s 800x600"
> 
> please say if the above command did change your resolution
> 

josh@rigel:~$ sudo lshw -C display # Intel free driver
  *-display:0             
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:dff00000-dff7ffff ioport:eff8(size=8)
memory:c0000000-cfffffff(prefetchable) memory:dfec0000-dfefffff
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:dff80000-dfffffff
josh@rigel:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
304mm x 190mm
   1280x800       59.9*+
   1024x768       60.0  
   800x600        60.3  
   640x480        59.9  
TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
josh@rigel:~$ xrandr -s 800x600
josh@rigel:~$ xrandr -s 1280x800
josh@rigel:~$ 



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