On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Richard Marza <richardmar...@optonline.net > wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kevin O'Gorman <kogor...@gmail.com> > *To:* gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > *Sent:* Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:58 PM > *Subject:* Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg > 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann < > volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> On Samstag 17 Oktober 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> > I normally stay logged in forever, even after updates. I'm both busy >> and >> > lazy. However, the Xorg flurry seemed to have died down, so I took the >> > plunge and rebooted. Oops. >> > >> > <troll option=ignore> >> > It had not re-emerged xf86-input-* for me, a case that I think should be >> > handled automatically -- I use a source distro because I want to be able >> to >> > tweak it, not so that it can force me to do so at arbitrary, >> inconvenient >> > and unpredictable intervals. >> > </troll> >> > >> >> gentoo is about 'doing it yourself' and 'emancipation of the user' and not >> about 'holding your hand'. It is not gentoo's fault if you act stupid. >> >> > >> > My Xorg.conf does specify some details about the monitor, but no >> modeline. >> > I had to put that stuff in there originally to get my preferred >> 1280x1024 >> > resolution. Do I need to go back to the days of modelines? Xorg.conf >> is >> > attached. >> >> Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Monitor0" >> VendorName "WDE" >> ModelName "LCM-20v5" >> Option "DPMS" >> EndSection >> >> ? >> > > Opinions differ about what constitutes stupidity. I'm not much interested > in yours and I don't speak about mine, in part because neither one clarifies > anything. Opinions about usefulness are another matter. Why not dispense > with portage and have everyone compile their own from tarballs -- just > publish a list of packages and patches; then you'd really not be holding > hands. It seems to be a matter of degrees and judgement. > > Modifying the monitor section made no noticeable change. There's still a > 24-pixel bleed off the right edge to begin with. I can fool with settings > to make it bleed left instead, but there's no setting that affects pixel > spacing. I like the cleaner monitor section, though. > > I'm back to thinking about modelines. Any better ideas? > > > -- > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD > > ------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.20/2441 - Release Date: 10/16/09 > 18:39:00 > > > > > > Let's not rule-out the possibility that this might be an issue with a bad > video card. I once thought I had a bad monitor because of horizontal and > vertical bleeding and it turned out to be the video card. Try the modelines, > if it does not work, swap video cards. Below is a section pertaining to > modelines from my config. User gtf to generate proper modelines for your > monitor. > > you can omit the identifier if you don't have a 22 inch minitor. > > Section "Modes" > Identifier "16:10" > # > # Modelines for attached projectors. > # Occasionally in town halls you meet ancient donated projectors > # that can cope only with low resolutions. > # > # HorxVer @ clock hsync = clock * Vtot pclk = hsync * Htot > # ModeLine "HorxVer" pclk Hor Hstart Hend Htot Ver Vstart Vend > Vtot [Interlace] > # > # 640x480 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 31.50 kHz; pclk: 25.20 MHz > # ModeLine "640x480" 25.20 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 > # > # 800x600 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 37.68 kHz; pclk: 39.79 MHz > # ModeLine "800x600" 39.79 800 856 1040 1056 600 600 616 628 > # > # 1024x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 48.36 kHz; pclk: 65.00 MHz > # ModeLine "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 > 806 > # > # 1024x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 29.97 kHz; pclk: 37.88 MHz > # ModeLine "1024x768" 37.88 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 > 999 Interlace > # > # Modelines for the native 16:10 LCD screen. > # > # 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz > ModeLine "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 > 828 > # > # 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.84 kHz; pclk: 144.02 MHz > Modeline "1680x1050_75.00" 188.07 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 > 1054 1096 -HSync +Vsync > EndSection > > None of the above are what I want. On another track, the Xorg log has a bunch of Modelines listed, but I can't see immediately which one it used. I'd like to start with that one and tweak it. Just the 1280x1024 ones are (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz) (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz) (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz) I guess I'll try them to see if I can get a known starting point. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
