Vaio laptop Z505HE setup for RH9

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On 29 May 2004 18:27:15 -0700, Jeff Peterson <jbp@cmu.edu> wrote:
> I am running RH9 on a sony vaio Z505HE laptop. I cant get it to set
> the monitor to 1024x768. it always uses 800x600. what do i put in
> XF86Config to get it working?
>
> have tried the advice at
> www.foogod.com/z505-linux/
> without success.

My Sony F450 has similar video chip/screen resolution, and while SuSE 8.0
may use slightly different identifiers ("[0]" instead of "0" ), SaX in
SuSE configured it like this for me, which works (maybe you are missing
the Modes section with Modelines):

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "IteratePrecisely"
HorizSync 31-65
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "AutoDetected"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "AutoDetected"
VertRefresh 57-70
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "640x480" 27.96 640 656 720 864 480 480 485 501
Modeline "800x600" 43.68 800 816 928 1072 600 600 606 626
Modeline "1024x768" 61.19 1024 1040 1216 1328 768 768 775 802
Modeline "1024x768" 74.45 1024 1040 1216 1328 768 768 776 802
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "AutoDetected"
Driver "neomagic"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "dpms"
VendorName "AutoDetected"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

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