Fixed Resolution: Acer TravelMate 4200 · Nov 18, 06:30 PM by Dylan Doxey
I decided that the squashed screen was starting to look tacky. It was time to do something about it.
I looked at the xorg.conf which had been generated during the Xubuntu installation and it was specifying the correct resolution of 1024x800. However, xvidtune was indicating 1024x768, and thus confirming my suspicion that something just wasn't just quite right.
Before spending any time on troubleshooting and tinkering, I did a little googling about and found exactly what I was looking for at this linlap.com page created by Bill Giannikos: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/Configuring+the+Intel+Graphics+Media+Accelerator+900-950+for+Linux.
It spells out how to use the 915resolution utility to fix the resolution issue on the TravelMate 4200, in Red Had, Fedora, Debian, and other distros including Xubuntu. Sweet!
Here's an excerpt:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch)
First, as root, install 915resolution with the following command:apt-get install 915resolution
Now you will need to configure the settings to match your monitor's native resolution. Edit the file /etc/default/915resolution with your favourite editor. You can use this line below to launch the editor:
gedit /etc/default/915resolution
Change the contents of this file to match below, changing the XRESO and YRESO to match your display's resolution:
mode=3c XRESO=1280 YRESO=800 BIT=32
Reboot your system and you should now be able to use the resolution you entered.
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