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james kilty wrote: > On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 09:33 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > >> I'm pretty certain it will support 1440x900, it does on my dad's Radeon >> 9200SE using the ATI driver and also on my mate's Geforce card using the >> open source Nvidia driver. > (kubuntu) in system settings > Monitor and display > size etc I can > select 1280x1024, 1280x960, 1280x800, 1280x768, 1152x864, 1152x768, > 1024x768 ..... > > in hardware it tells me Detected Graphics card ATI Radeon (fglrx) with > the button "standard" selected and the alternative proprietary not - but > all greyed out. > Hmm, have you tried going to a console screen (Ctrl-Alt-F1), logging in and then running: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg When you go through the configuration you should be able to choose resolutions, on there it should have 1440x900. Must admit, I had some issues getting 1440x900 @ 60Hz working properly with an NVidia card (running NVidia proprietary drivers) on a mate's PC running Gutsy, got there in the end after doing the dpkg-reconfigure command. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html