Hi Michael,
I've got a working but clumsy system. Googling was frustrating for me
too - eg is there actually a straightforward VESA reference out there
for standard VESA modes??
Below are the monitor/device/screen sections from xorg.conf on my Sony
Vaio with an nVidia GeForce Go 6200. It's been configured as a clone for
our Sony 40" Bravia, which is *supposed* to take 1280x768 on the analog
input, according to the doco.
The X config below is working well enough at the moment to run MythTV
(esp after some aspect tweaking within Myth), so I've scaled back my
search for a more elegant solution.
Working:
If the external VGA cable is connected as X comes up, both screens work
happily at 1024x768. With some wide-screen and aspect fiddling, you can
somewhat fake a better result. If the external VGA cable isn't working,
the laptop monitor comes up as its native 1280x800. If I'm in one mode
and need to switch to the other, I restart gdm.
Not Working:
Different modes in the metamodes lines - ideally I wanted 1280x800,
1280x768, but I can't get 1280x800, 1024x768 working either, even with
pointed DFP and CRT tags.
Resolutions above 1024x768 for the LCD TV screen
Love to hear how you go.
cheers,
Mary.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0
VertRefresh 60.0
ModeLine "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 83.9 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40M? [GeForce Go 6200]"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV40M? [GeForce Go 6200]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "28.0 - 64.0"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60.0"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "True"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP,DFP"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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