Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:19:11 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@datalinktech.com.au> To: Jay Chandler <chandler.lists@chapman.edu> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Widescreen on Xorg? Message-ID: <461C7DDF.90609@datalinktech.com.au> In-Reply-To: <461BF48D.7060603@chapman.edu> References: <461BF48D.7060603@chapman.edu>
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Jay Chandler wrote: > Pretty screen, but running in Xorg and GNOME, I'm limited to a > resolution that's rather crap (1280x1024 before it starts shifting > around following the mouse). It should "just work" using the defaults. I have no experience with that specific monitor but have have run the earlier series Samsung SyncMaster which are limited to 1280x1024 native resolution (ie not widescreen), but I do run widescreen 1680x1050 on an asus L4 series notebook which 15.4" screen and OEM ATI Mobility 9700. > Section "Monitor" > #DisplaySize 470 300 # mm > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "SAM" > ModelName "SyncMaster" > ModeLine "1680x1050" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 > 1059 1080 > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 As a first shot, comment out these two lines and let X determine the valid ranges, incorrect settings are probably causing valid modes to be discarded (discarded modes are logged in /var/log/Xorg.0.log which will be the first place to look when you're trying to resolve problems like this). > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > ~ > And a screen section with no mode settings but a bunch of color depths. You can try removing those as well unless you want to use Ctrl-Alt-+/- mode switching, X defaults are fairly sensible these days. Hope this helps, David
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