Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Dieter BSD
Reducing the color depth to 16 allows the wimpy Rage XL (8 MiB) to do 1920x1080. So then I moved the old slow X terminal out of the way and moved the shiny new Dell ST2220T LCD into the prime spot in front of the keyboard drawer... ...and the cable doesn't reach. Two HD-15 to BNC cables

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:41:27PM +, Dieter BSD wrote: Reducing the color depth to 16 allows the wimpy Rage XL (8 MiB) to do 1920x1080. So then I moved the old slow X terminal out of the way and moved the shiny new Dell ST2220T LCD into the prime spot in front of the keyboard

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Dieter BSD
Have you tried: $ xset +dpms to use standby etc.? xset:  unknown option +dpms I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came with the monitor.) Font for xterm: x11-fonts/inconsolata-ttf I installed package

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 01:15:07AM +, Dieter BSD wrote: Have you tried: $ xset +dpms to use standby etc.? xset:  unknown option +dpms I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came with the monitor.) I wonder if

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-01 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote: Section Monitor        Identifier Monitor2220        VendorName Dell        ModelName  ST2220T        HorizSync  30.00-83.00        VertRefresh 56.00-76.00 Remove the HorizSync and VertRefresh settings, they are only needed if the monitor is ancient or

trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Dieter BSD
Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log. But they almost certainly

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-06-30 23:42, Dieter BSD skrev: Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. You can't. Mach64 does not support that resulution. Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section. If

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Jerome Herman
On 30/06/2011 23:42, Dieter BSD wrote: Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section. If modelines are really required, get them out of