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On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:56:18AM +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote |
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> I backed down to 1024xsomething: vertical lines were scalloped/wavy. |
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> Someone mentioned this would be a timing issue, but I don't know |
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> what I'd do to microadjust timing? xvidtune? I'll try it. |
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There are two set of constraints... |
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1) See the page http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines which |
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can generate custom modelines for you system. You need to know the max |
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and min frquencies (horizontal and verticl) for your monitor. I've |
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managed to get 2048x1536 running on my NEC Multisync95... wheeeeee!!! |
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2) You mentioned it was an ancient card. How much RAM does it have? |
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Under X, here are the RAM requirements... |
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8 bit colour (256 colours) => 1 byte per pixel |
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16 bit colour (65536 colours) => 2 bytes per pixel |
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24 bit colour (16777216 colours) = 4 (yes, *FOUR*) bytes per pixel. |
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A 1-megabyte video card will give 1152 x 864 at 256 colours or 800 x 600 |
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at 65536 colours. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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