While I can't remember which card worked, it does require a DUAL DVI-D video interface to run....so physically it looks like two monitors but logically it's one.
/brian chee University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology Advanced Network Computing Lab 2525 Correa Road, HIG 500 Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-5797 voice, 877-284-1934 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <luau@lists.hosef.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:00 PM Subject: [LUAU] new display card needed > > My company found itself with a bit of cash at the end of the year and > decided to buy me a Dell 2405 display. > This has a native resolution of 1920x1200. It works great on the > Mac, but I'd like to also use it on the linux box. > > 'lspci -v' reports: > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon > R300 ND [Radeon 9700 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0002 > Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency > 255, IRQ 16 > Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > I/O ports at 9000 [size=256] > Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0 > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 > > 0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 > [Radeon 9700 Pro] (Secondary) > Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0003 > Flags: stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel > Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] > [size=128M] > Memory at f5010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] > [size=64K] > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 > > > Relavent parts of the Xorg.log file state: > (II) fglrx(0): Connected Display1: DFP on internal TMDS > (II) fglrx(0): Display1 EDID data --------------------------- > (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: DEL Model: a010 Serial#: 810826067 > (II) fglrx(0): Year: 2005 Week: 41 > (II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3 > (II) fglrx(0): Digital Display Input > (II) fglrx(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 52 vert.: 33 > (II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.20 > (II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display > (II) fglrx(0): Default color space is primary color space > (II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode > (II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.330 greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.607 > (II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.149 blueY: 0.060 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.328 > (II) fglrx(0): Supported VESA Video Modes: > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0 > (II) fglrx(0): Supported Future Video Modes: > (II) fglrx(0): #0: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897 > (II) fglrx(0): #1: hsize: 1600 vsize 1200 refresh: 60 vid: 16553 > (II) fglrx(0): #2: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337 > (II) fglrx(0): #3: hsize: 1680 vsize 1050 refresh: 60 vid: 179 > (II) fglrx(0): Supported additional Video Mode: > (II) fglrx(0): clock: 154.0 MHz Image Size: 519 x 324 mm > (II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1920 h_sync: 1968 h_sync_end 2000 > h_blank_end 2080 h_border: 0 > (II) fglrx(0): v_active: 1200 v_sync: 1203 v_sync_end 1209 > v_blanking: 1235 v_border: 0 > (II) fglrx(0): Serial No: T61335A40T9S > (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: DELL 2405FPW > (II) fglrx(0): Ranges: V min: 56 V max: 76 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 81 > kHz, PixClock max 170 MHz > (II) fglrx(0): End of Display1 EDID data -------------------- > > http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9700/radeon9700pro/specs.html says > that it should run 1920x1200 @ 75Hz. For some reason X.org doesn't > see it that way. > > So I guess I'm looking for a new 'graphics' card. > > I don't care (much) about 3D, but I do like my text to draw fast. I > prefer DVI ports to VGA ports. I run Ubuntu (but will soon reload > with kbuntu) on this machine. (3GHz P4, 1GB ram, 2x200GB SATA > drives, all in a Shuttle SFF case.) > > I've had this card in various machines since early 2001 (my days at > Musenki). > > Anyone got recommendations? > > jim > _______________________________________________ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau