Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-18 Thread Anton Piatek
On Saturday 18 November 2006 01:44, Dave Bellows wrote: > Yet another update. I manually set the display size (according to the > xorg wiki multiplying the resolution by the dot pitch) which did not > help. And then I looked at the log and saw this ominous looking line: > > Virtual Screen Size de

Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-17 Thread Dave Bellows
Yet another update. I manually set the display size (according to the xorg wiki multiplying the resolution by the dot pitch) which did not help. And then I looked at the log and saw this ominous looking line: Virtual Screen Size determined to be 1680x1200 It should be 1680x1050. Why is the vi

Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-17 Thread Dave Bellows
Another update. I am now running Kubuntu off a live CD and it is displaying everything correctly. A quick perusal of the xorg.conf file didn't reveal any different settings. Perhaps the version of xorg? I will keep investigating and I appreciate any help or suggestions. David Bellows On 11/1

Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-17 Thread Dave Bellows
On 11/17/06, Anton Piatek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dave Bellows wrote: > Update. Of course I can't run 1600x1000 instead the monitor went to > the next resolution on the list which was 1600x1200. I was then able > to shrink the horizontal size and reposition the screen to make it > fit. Ther

Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-17 Thread ss11223
Dave Bellows wrote: > Hello all, > > I just got a new ViewSonic VG2230 widescreen LCD monitor for my Debian > Testing box. After I installed it I ran "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh > xserver-xorg". It seemingly correctly configured xorg.conf for a > resolution of 1680x1050 as recommended by the bookle

Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-17 Thread Anton Piatek
Dave Bellows wrote: > Update. Of course I can't run 1600x1000 instead the monitor went to > the next resolution on the list which was 1600x1200. I was then able > to shrink the horizontal size and reposition the screen to make it > fit. There are now thin black bars along either side of the scre

Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-16 Thread Dave Bellows
Update. Of course I can't run 1600x1000 instead the monitor went to the next resolution on the list which was 1600x1200. I was then able to shrink the horizontal size and reposition the screen to make it fit. There are now thin black bars along either side of the screen but there doesn't seem t

Re: ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Dave Bellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061116 16:39]: > Also, the screen is huge. I'd never really notice what letters looked > like before. There's a certain fuzziness around each of the letters > on the screen that I think is related to anti-aliasing perhaps. It's > fairly noticeable though I ima

ViewSonic Widescreen and resolution settings

2006-11-16 Thread Dave Bellows
Hello all, I just got a new ViewSonic VG2230 widescreen LCD monitor for my Debian Testing box. After I installed it I ran "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg". It seemingly correctly configured xorg.conf for a resolution of 1680x1050 as recommended by the booklet that came with the monitor.