.::Issue 800×600 and display should have been 1024×768::.
I have a 14.1″ Sony Vaio Laptop with a Hitachi model number Display. As with most laptops it’s next to impossible to find the HorizSync and VertRefresh anywhere. I tried several possible fixes with no luck. Most people on-line pointed the resolution issue to the video driver (which is an issue but won’t correct the resolution options).. I had installed Vector Linux a while back and realized the system actually configured the display correctly. So I ended up stealing a few things out of the xorg.conf in file that would bring the resolution to the correct values.
Here is what I added from the Vector install to the Mint install, the same should work for all the derivatives with this issue (Fedora/Ubuntu/etc.):
Section “Monitor”
HorizSync 31.5-64
VertRefresh 40-90
then in the Section “Screen” and Under Device “Configured Video Device” I added:
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1024×768″
EndSubSection
and last I added the following section at the very end:
Section “DRI”
Mode 0666
EndSection
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Thanks, this let me get better than 800×600 with Ubuntu 9.04 under MS Virtual PC after multiple other solutions had failed.