2008/4/17, Felix Miata <<a href="mailto:mrmazda@ij.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mrmazda@ij.net</a>>:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 2008/04/16 21:30 (GMT) Beso apparently typed:<br> <br><br> > this (live cds) won't work since he needs the nvidia drivers package to run<br> > a widescreen resolution<br> <br> <br>I have no confidence that is true. I've never yet needed to install any<br>
proprietary driver regardless of hardware for a single head system to run a<br> common resolution display.</blockquote><div><br>the problem is that 1366x768 is a widescreen resolution is a vesa+ resolution. i don't know if vesa+ are supported by normal drivers. for example on my laptop 1280x800 i cannot use the wxga resolution on livecds by any means, because they require the ati driver which usually doesn't ship with them. <br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > (livecds usually don't include proprietary drivers).<br> <br> <br>True, but likely irrelevant.</blockquote>
<div><br>it's not irrelevant if the mode is not supported by the livecd.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > it also seems to have an old server (7.1, while the latest is 7.3 and 7.4 is<br>
> to be released soon), the nvidia drivers also seem quite old. also with that<br> <br> <br>Older than last summer is often exactly the ticket, as the overhaul of xorg<br>
drivers that began then broke plenty of things that used to work.<br> <br> When things are as troublesome as has been for the OP, think, and do, outside<br> the box for possible solutions. 1366x768 has been around quite some time now,<br>
3 years at least. It shouldn't have taken so long for someone to make it work<br> for the first time only within the past few weeks.</blockquote><div><br>well, on my hw is the contrary. the things work better and better as the time passes.<br>
</div><br clear="all"></div><br>-- <br>dott. ing. beso