[svlug] HOWTO: Fonts in Notebooks

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Mon Aug 28 23:01:01 PDT 2000


begin Dan Martinez quotation:

> Achieving the same result in graphics mode requires that you configure
> your system to run at the LCD panel's "native" resolution. I can't
> find specs for the VAIO 505F on Sony's web site, but other members of
> the VAIO 505 family all seem to have a native resolution of 1024x768,
> so you should give that a whirl if you haven't already.

My VAIO 505TX will do 1024x768 at 16 bpp pretty well (NeoMagic SVGA, 2
MB).  Some other models of roughly that vintage max out at 800x600.

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