On Wednesday 22 September 2004 19:03, Azrael wrote: > I've just been given a 17th inch widescreen TFT monitor (Kiss > Technologies, Coolview) and I am having problems setting it up correctly > under mandrake 10. > > The monitor supports 1280x768, yet I only get the standard > non-widescreen resolutions as choices. How can I set it so I am useing > widescreen properly? > > many thanks for any help
If your monitor is not listed in the monitor selection options then go to the manufacturers home page http://www.kiss-technology.com and find the specifications of your monitor. You need the horizontal scan rate (in kHz) and vertical refresh rate (in Hz). Then edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and insert the specs in the monotor section for example :- HorizSync 30-107 VertRefresh 50-150 Do not put in a higher horiz scan rate than your monitor supports or else you could fry it. Then in section "Screen" enter your default rates for example :- Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1280 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1280 768 EndSubsection then restart X If you still have problems then the log at /var/log/XFsomething or other will give clues as to what is wrong. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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