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Rawn027
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:48 am    Post subject: 20" Widescreen 1680x1050 - HELP Reply with quote

I have a 20" widescreen monitor that I need to get working in xorg with the correct resolution... any ideas?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rawn027,

Read
Code:
man xorg.conf
paying close attention to the section on modeline.
X is pre programmed with the standard vesa 4:3 modes. It can do any arbitary resolution you want, you need a modeline to tell it how,
then you call up the modeline in your Modes staements in the Screeen section.

The hard bit it generating the numbers for the modeline. There are lots of modeline generators on the web here is one.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:36 pm    Post subject: Re: 20" Widescreen 1680x1050 - HELP Reply with quote

Rawn027 wrote:
I have a 20" widescreen monitor that I need to get working in xorg with the correct resolution... any ideas?


Not sure if this will do the trick, but I had a similar problem which was answered in the following thread.

Best,

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The following sections in Xorg do the trick for me:
Code:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1680x1050"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  75.0 - 160.0
        Modeline   "1680x1050_75.00"  188.07  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1096 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 16

        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1680x1050_75.00" "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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