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From: "Hemmann
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Widescreen resolution strangeness with nvidia
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:13:40
Message-Id: 200610030408.24029.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Widescreen resolution strangeness with nvidia by Grant
1 On Tuesday 03 October 2006 03:32, Grant wrote:
2 > > > The TV has a native resolution of 1366x768 as stated by the
3 > > > manufacturer. If I specify that resolution in xorg.conf, it says it's
4 > > > an invalid resolution and uses 1360x768 instead.
5 > >
6 > > This is common, at least for my 37" widescreen LCD/tv/monitor, too:
7 >
8 > I found this from Nvidia:
9 >
10 > http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faq
11 >id=143
12 >
13 > which states:
14 >
15 > "NVIDIA GPUs can now support horizontal timings that are not evenly
16 > divisible by eight. However, such resolutions (example H .1366 x V.
17 > 768) must be included within the Displays EDID* firmware."
18 >
19 > How can I see my monitor's actual EDID information?
20 >
21
22 maybe ddcmon? it is part of the lm_sensors package
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