FC6T3 Install on Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop (long)

[ron flory]

Adam Jackson wrote:
> ron flory wrote:
>> 2. X only appears to be able to use 1024x768 resolution.  LCD is
>>    1280x800 native.  No matter what I do with "system-configure-
>>    display", I can't get it to run higher resolution.  This worked
>>    correctly under FC6T2 once I told it the LCD capabilities.
> 
> The default i810 video driver can only set modes to those listed in the 
> video BIOS, and you bought a machine with a sufficiently broken BIOS to 
> not list the native panel size.

  Thanks, that rattled my memory.

  Running the '915resolution' prog from
http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/download.html in a rc. startup
to hack a proper video bios mode line lets X choose the correct
resolution.

ron