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I recently got an Envision widescreen LCD monitor. I can get 1440x990 resolution booting into Win XPPro, so the Video Adapter supports it. I can't select 1440x990 using SAX2 for an LCD monitor. I tried setting up a modeline in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, even leaving 1440x990 as the only option to on avail. The monitor always goes into 1280x1024.
I *JUST* went through this same issue, and have resolved it. The key question, as pixellany asked, is what brand and model is your video card? The answer to your question relies on the answer to it.
I have an MSI 845GE Max mother board with on board video. It uses the Intel 845GE chipset. I ran into problems trying to get 1440x900 resolution with Win XP Pro, I could only get it ot work with XP pro after I downloaded updated drivers for the Intel 845GE chipset and installed them.
They do have a Linux version, I don't know if its tested for SUSE 10.1, but I downloaded a drivers in an RPM and a .gz format. I am trying to install from the .gz, but I need kernel source files. I'll see what happens once I get the kernel source and the drivers installed.
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