Folks-
I just got a nice widescreen monitor and would like to get the according
resolution on it. However, even though (I think) I changed xorg.conf to
match the monitor, I'm still getting a "stretched" 1280x1024 instead of
the 1440x900 of which the monitor is capable. Any advice?
Xorg.0.log says:
(II) I810(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(II) I810(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) I810(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): #0: hsize: 1440 vsize 900 refresh: 60 vid: 149
(II) I810(0): #1: hsize: 1440 vsize 900 refresh: 75 vid: 3989
(II) I810(0): #2: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) I810(0): #3: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337
(II) I810(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) I810(0): clock: 106.5 MHz Image Size: 408 x 255 mm
(II) I810(0): h_active: 1440 h_sync: 1520 h_sync_end 1672 h_blank_end
1904 h_border: 0
(II) I810(0): v_active: 900 v_sync: 903 v_sync_end 909 v_blanking: 934
v_border: 0
(II) I810(0): Serial No: QGU064301416
(II) I810(0): Ranges: V min: 56 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 31 H max: 80 kHz,
PixClock max 140 MHz
(II) I810(0): Monitor name: Q19wb-2
(II) I810(0): Will use BIOS call 0x5f05 to set refresh rates for CRTs.
(--) I810(0): Maximum space available for video modes: 12288 kByte
(II) I810(0): Using detected DDC timings
(II) I810(0): HorizSync 31-80
(II) I810(0): VertRefresh 56-75
...
(II) I810(0): Not using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name)
xorg.conf says:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Q19wb-2"
Option "DPMS"
DisplaySize 408 255
HorizSync 31-80
VertRefresh 56-75
ModeLine "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909
934
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Builtin"
Monitor "Q19wb-2"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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