I’m using Mandriva 2006 and the max res that I can get on my Acer 4061 laptop is 1024x768 which apparently quite a common problem for laptops running Linux.

I found a hack that will overcome this limitation: 915resolution. The README is quite straightforward, the program needs to be run under root, before X starts. n n nThe trick is how to do this automatically everytime you boot. I choose to make a service that will be run when the system boots. I created a script called 915solution on /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. Below is the script:n n n n#!/bin/bash

915solution this script will take care of

starting 915resolutio

chkconfig: 2345 11 90

description: 915solution

processname: 915solutio

prog=“915solution"nstart(){
915resolution 38 1280 800
}nstop(){
echo “well, why not try ps aux and kill instead?”
}ncase $1 in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
*)
915resolution -h
RETVAL=1
esac
exit $RETVAL