Thread: Add Screen Resolution

i've installed ubuntu 11.10 , enjoying it. however, (notifications, menus, etc) seemed larger before. 1 of small things has been bothering me. so, thought maybe resolution needed changed. "displays" showed on largest setting (1280x800). computer hp pavilion laptop , "system info: graphics" says driver "mobile intel® gm45 express chipset".

found instructions here on how force-add resolution:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/x/config/resolution

but, error when go add new mode. ideas? here progression try follow instructions given add 1440x900 resolution.

before doing anything, xrandr gives:

code:

screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 8192 x 8192 lvds1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm x 207mm    1280x800       60.0*+    1024x768       60.0      800x600        60.3     56.2      640x480        59.9   vga1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) hdmi1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) dp1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) dp2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

i run "cvt 1440 900" copy off second part , paste "--newmode" command next:

code:

$ cvt 1440 900 # 1440x900 59.89 hz (cvt 1.30ma) hsync: 55.93 khz; pclk: 106.50 mhz modeline "1440x900_60.00"  106.50  1440 1528 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync

code:

$ xrandr --newmode "1440x900_60.00"  106.50  1440 1528 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync

code:

$ xrandr screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 8192 x 8192 lvds1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm x 207mm    1280x800       60.0*+    1024x768       60.0      800x600        60.3     56.2      640x480        59.9   vga1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) hdmi1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) dp1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) dp2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)   1440x900_60.00 (0xcc)  106.5mhz         h: width  1440 start 1528 end 1672 total 1904 skew    0 clock   55.9khz         v: height  900 start  903 end  909 total  934           clock   59.9hz

code:

$ xrandr --addmode lvds1 1440x900_60.00 x error of failed request:  badmatch (invalid parameter attributes)   major opcode of failed request:  150 (randr)   minor opcode of failed request:  18 (rraddoutputmode)   serial number of failed request:  31   current serial number in output stream:  32

you can't make resolution larger screen can handle. model laptop?

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