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xoanan

New to this distro; running it on CD on a very old laptop!

Screen Resolution on Inspiron 3800?

Comment by xoanan March 2011 permalink
Screen Resolution on Inspiron 3800?
Oddly enough it worked without me doing anything; weird! but hey! it works!

Comment by xoanan March 2011 permalink
Screen Resolution on Inspiron 3800?
Ah! I will give that a try when I get back and let you know!

Comment by xoanan March 2011 permalink
Screen Resolution on Inspiron 3800?
Here's a copy of the output of lspci00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instru…

Comment by xoanan March 2011 permalink
Screen Resolution on Inspiron 3800?
Thanx Trixar;I tried using tazx and tazhw; I am still not sure which driver to use, but everyone I have used has still only given me a top of 800 x 600. I installed lxrandr(thanx). It still only shows me 800 x 600 or 640 x 480.

Comment by xoanan March 2011 permalink
laptop up, now need wireless Inspiron 3800
I can get the wrapper from my other machine; thanx for the tip!

Comment by xoanan March 2011 permalink
Editing Grub
Thanx, Trixar_za: I added more ram and used the installer; it worked! :)

Comment by xoanan March 2011 permalink

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