My laptop has the inbuilt Intel 82910GML/915GM(S) graphics chipset and
a 15.4" screen. The problem is that I cant get widescreen running and
so the GUI looks pretty stretched along with blurry fonts while running
XWindows (or was it XServer). Fiddling with the xorg.conf and setting
the resolution to 1280x800 only crashed startx.
As of now I am using Slackware 10.1. Also how do I switch from KDE to
GNOME ?

aVheretic wrote :

> The problem is that I cant get widescreen running

Search this group at google, this subject has been discussed not long
ago. Or go to <URL: http://www.linux-laptop.net/> and check if your
laptop is here, if your lucky there's a xorg.conf present you can use as
inspiration.

> As of now I am using Slackware 10.1. Also how do I switch from KDE to
> GNOME ?

Run the 'xwmconfig' command at the console or in a terminal.
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

A quick run through www.linux-laptop.net yielded no useful results. The
last time that I did post about the widescreen problem no one actually
suggested a solution for the Intel chipset. Rather a solution for the
Ati Radeon x700 chipset was mentioned.

aVheretic wrote:
> My laptop has the inbuilt Intel 82910GML/915GM(S) graphics chipset and

i915 modules for Xorg: http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/

Please read the docs, it worked smoothly for me. I've got a Dell
Inspiron 6000 with a 15.4" running at 1280x800.

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jscott

Thanks for the link. Tried to go through the documentation for
installation of DRI at : http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building but
no luck till now.

Would be good if someone posted a step by step installation guide..