Torrey Jones wrote: > I have recently purchase a Inspiron 8200 (1.6Ghz, 384mg RAM, 30GB HD, > 32 MB Geforce2Go, 15" sxga+ upto 1400x1050). It currently is running > WinXP pro as it's "host" OS. I have Redhat 7.1 running as a Guest OS > via VMware. Everything so far works great except one thing, I can't > get X to run at 1400x1050... I can get X to run fine @ 1280x1024, > 1024x768, etc... But not at 1400x1050. I have tried to find on > Dell's website the Exact specs for my monitor to plug into one of the > numerous modeline calculators, but finding useful information on > their website is impossible. Currently when I try to start X it drops > down to 1280x1024 giving the following error in the > /var/log/XFree86.0.log: > > (II) VMWARE(0): VMware Monitor: Using hsync range of 31.50-90.00 kHz > (II) VMWARE(0): VMware Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 59.00-75.00 > Hz (II) VMWARE(0): Clock range: 0.00 to 400000.00 MHz (WW) > VMWARE(0): Mode "1400x1050" deleted (vrefresh out of range) [...] > (**) VMWARE(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 135.0 MHz, 80.0 kHz, 75.0 > Hz > > If I'm reading this correctly it's deleting my 1400x1050 modeline > because "vrefresh out of range", this causing X not to find a correct > modeline for 1400x1050, and dropping the resolution. > > Currently my XF86Config-4 has one modeline: ModeLine "1400x1050" > 113.7 1400 1400 1648 1960 1050 1050 1053 1067 +HSync +VSync >
Just guessing here... I think the "vrefresh out of range" problem is because you have too low vertical refresh rate for the display. I've had great success with Colas modeline generator at <URL:http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines>. I think the following modeline should work OK for you display: ModeLine "1400x1050" 125.04 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090 #60Hz Usually you get the best picture with lowest possible refresh rate when using LCD. If you're going to view DVDs having modeline for 72Hz (3*24fps) should get a bit smoother movement for the film. Of course, if your DVD software is displaying the movie in raped 25 or 30 fps mode then this doesn't help. Something like the following should do the thing: ModeLine "1400x1050" 150.05 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090 #72Hz I still hope somebody could convert the Colas generator to C or Perl so that I could easily run it locally. I don't know klone well enough to do it myself. -- Mikko PS. Your mail software doesn't wrap lines correctly. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
