I have been trying to get four resolution modes set up on my Dell Inspiron 6000 with Intel 915GM graphics chipset installed. I have installed the .deb package via Adept and it runs well enough and even lists the resolutions modes i want when i run "915resolution -l". The problem is I think confusion on my part as to how much of this works. I have researched as much as I can on the process and have come to a bit of a block on setting this up, I'll try to be as clear as I can in explaining this so bear with me and thanks to anyone who does and tries to help.
Upon initial installation of the system, my X-Server (Running Xorg) detects an Intel 810 as the hadware and uses the i810 driver (same driver it would use if it detected a 915GM so I doubt that bit matters much) I have two resolution modes: 1280x800 and 1024x768. It defaults to 1280x800 and that is the only screen mode listed in my initial xorg.conf file, with no modelines listed and the monitor being detected as "Plug 'n Play." Direct Rendering works when I run glxinfo and everything is honestly hunky-dory save for one thing: when I try to run Fallout 2 under Cedega my resolution will not drop low enough for the game so it's shoves into a tiny box in the upper lefthand corner of the screen. This set me on a quest to try and add in two more modes: 800x600 and 640x480.
The display config that comes with KDE has my exact laptop monitor model but when i select it the xorg.conf file it builds has uncapped letters and bad syntax and it breaks my ability to use direct rendering. I set it up and then took my original working xorg.conf file and copied in the monitor info correcting syntax so it will actually work, then I added in the four mode i wanted under all depths in the "Screen" section. I figured this would be enough....
Upon rebooting I find nothing has changed, though Direct Rendering was not broken, so that's a plus. I then remembers seeing a package names 915resolution in adept and I did a bit of looking and found it was built for my graphics chipset and should help fix resolution setting problems with the X-Server. I happily install it. Now I have a rather interesting problem. My xorg.conf is set up properly, but I only have three resolution modes now: 1024x768 800x600 and 640x480. I want all of those but no matter what I try I cannot get 1280x800 back and working again. Since the syntax is all proper and has worked before I do not believe my xorg.conf is suspect, also since my problem did not begin until I installed 915 resolution. The resolution modes I want are all listed when I run "915resolution -l" and as far as I know the .deb package is supposed to install its own startup scripts.
My problem at this point is that I do not quite understand how to ensure that the startup script works under Kubuntu or how to ensure that 915resolution is running properly. The reason I post here is because I have followed four differect tutorials for configuring the init scripts none of which seem to have had any discernable effect. Different tutorials all seem to indicate different amounts of tweaking needed even for the same packages, and none of it has worked so far. I would like to know if anyone has had the same issue as I have even on similar laptop models, 1024x768 is certainly workable but I'd really prefer the native mode of 1280x800. My confusion is the fact that after all of the walkthroughs I've followed I've still managed to come away with little to no understanding of how 915resolution relates to init, the xorg.conf file and the X-Server itself, nor any change to my system for the positive. Thanks to those who trudges through this longwinded post and any help would be greatly appreciated.
