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Re: [SLE] Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology
- From: Anders Johansson <ajohansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:34:57 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200608221634.53863.ajohansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 15:45, suse@xxxxxx wrote:
> This is patently false. I've used SuSE on two different widescreen
> laptops. I'm typing this from a Dell XPS at 1920x1200. It has nothing
> to do with the graphics driver, you just need to select the proper
> screen in Sax2 or xorg.conf.
If you don't have a proper driver available, then you're usually stuch with
VESA modes, and they don't have VESA modes for all resolutions. I don't have
a list in front of me, but I would be surprised if there was one for
widescreen
> (And Nvidia has *MUCH* better linux support than ATI)
Traditionally yes, but recent news makes me wonder if that is about to change.
AMD buying ATI might have a positive effect
> This is patently false. I've used SuSE on two different widescreen
> laptops. I'm typing this from a Dell XPS at 1920x1200. It has nothing
> to do with the graphics driver, you just need to select the proper
> screen in Sax2 or xorg.conf.
If you don't have a proper driver available, then you're usually stuch with
VESA modes, and they don't have VESA modes for all resolutions. I don't have
a list in front of me, but I would be surprised if there was one for
widescreen
> (And Nvidia has *MUCH* better linux support than ATI)
Traditionally yes, but recent news makes me wonder if that is about to change.
AMD buying ATI might have a positive effect
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