In message <x7zmznlhaf.fsf@bonnet.wsrcc.com>, "Wolfgang S. Rupprecht" writes:
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>Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr> writes:
>> Why isn't Dell's BIOS  advertising the 1600x1200 mode, I can't
>> tell. 
>
>Does the LCD in question even have 1600x1200 pixels?
>
>I've been looking at LCD's for a while, but most of them are only
>1280x1024.  Only the largest units (21" or over) seem to have
>1200x1600 pixels.  (eg. Samsung 213T and Viewsonic VP211b)
>

Yes, it has 1600x1200 resolution; it's a 20.1" display.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=320-1578&category_id=4058&customer_id=RC956904&mnf=694&~tgt=snp_prodlist&c=US&l=en&s=hied&cs=RC956904&page=productlisting.aspx

What I don't understand is the phrae "Supported Future Video Modes".
Does that mean that VESA is considering the mode, but hasn't endorsed 
it yet?  And what, if anything, in the X suite should know about it?

		--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb