Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread mike ledoux
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 03:39:36PM -0500, Steven W. Orr wrote: > Brian sent me what the sync rates are supposed to be, but I'm not sure > what I'm doing. The manual calls for 1440x900 in either DVI mode or not > (whatever that is). The connector from my puter is the plain old video > connector w

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread mike ledoux
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 05:26:02PM -0500, Steven W. Orr wrote: > Lots of good stuff going on. Nothing is working exactly the way I'd like > it to. The closest I've gotten is > > http://steveo.syslang.net/XF86Config-4 > > which gives me a display of the desired 1440x900 but is for some > mysteri

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tuesday, Jan 2nd 2007 at 16:04 -0500, quoth Michael ODonnell: => => =>>http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-203905.html => =>I wish *I'd* said that... ;-> Lots of good stuff going on. Nothing is working exactly the way I'd like it to. The closest I've gotten is http://steveo

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Michael ODonnell
>http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-203905.html I wish *I'd* said that... ;-> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Shawn K. O'Shea
I turned off the DDC options for both the video card and display, hard-coded the timings (which I found online), and used 915resolution, which is necessary to get some common Intel cards to support resolutions other than your typical ones. Some combination of these tactics will likely work for y

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tuesday, Jan 2nd 2007 at 14:44 -0500, quoth Thomas Charron: =>On 1/2/07, Drew Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: =>> =>> You need a *modeline* for 1440x900, not just a mention of it in the =>> Display subsection. =>> =>> Random googled modeline (put with the rest of the modelines. =>> *** U

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Tuesday 02 January 2007 02:17 pm, Steven W. Orr wrote: > I'm running an old copy of debian sarge. I came in this morning and found > that someone had taken my old lcd monitor and replaced it with a different > one that was wider. The new monitor runs at 1440x900 native and I was > running at 128

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Thomas Charron
On 1/2/07, Drew Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You need a *modeline* for 1440x900, not just a mention of it in the Display subsection. Random googled modeline (put with the rest of the modelines. *** Use at your own risk, YMMV, do not eat, may incur the wrath of the elder gods, do not dis

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Thomas Charron
On 1/2/07, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1440x1440" "1280x1024" EndSubSection Does anyone have any clue where to start with this beast? Is it safe to assume 1440x1440 is a

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Drew Van Zandt
You need a *modeline* for 1440x900, not just a mention of it in the Display subsection. Random googled modeline (put with the rest of the modelines. *** Use at your own risk, YMMV, do not eat, may incur the wrath of the elder gods, do not dispose of in fire or damnation, IANAL but my sister is. *

Re: Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Michael ODonnell
People discussing (what appears to be) the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-203905.html ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Need help with new monitor

2007-01-02 Thread Steven W. Orr
I'm running an old copy of debian sarge. I came in this morning and found that someone had taken my old lcd monitor and replaced it with a different one that was wider. The new monitor runs at 1440x900 native and I was running at 1280x1024. Here's the catch: The specs for the new monitor does n

Re: FUDCon Boston 2007 announced

2007-01-02 Thread Ted Roche
On Dec 29, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Maybe. They plan to start gawd-awfully early... It's likely the 6 Am out of Concord (would you prefer the 6 Am out of Manchester?), 7:45 South Station, red line to Park St. to green "B" line for 8:30 registration... Or I may sleep on the floor