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]
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(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]
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(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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