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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:25:34
Message-Id: AANLkTimpqMj5T3ionXe81vnMiiBHkHSisKQiPxmypJks@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? by dennisonic@gmail.com
1 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM, <dennisonic@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > On 24/08/10 03:38, Bill Longman wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >
7 > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>wrote:
8 >
9 >> I had to replace an 4:3 Westinghouse monitor this weekend. I got a new
10 >> ASUS VH242H, which is very wide. But Xorg is still running 1280x1024,
11 >> instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to xorg logs because of
12 >> lack of video memory (using the ATI on the motherboard). I can make the
13 >> screen use a 4:3 aspect ratio, so I'm up and running, much better than I
14 >> started, but I'd like to do better.
15 >>
16 >> I guess I've gotta look for a video card, but all I have is PCIX slots, so
17 >> I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be upgrading the mobo when
18 >> finances permit -- which is not right now.)
19 >>
20 >> Any ideas?
21 >>
22 >
23 >
24 > Have you tried setting different modelines etc using cvt and xrandr?
25 >
26
27 No. I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because I
28 couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. The Xorg logs
29 show it recognizes a boatload of
30 modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the HD ones.
31 The approach
32 does not seem promising.
33
34 /var/log/Xorg.0.log attached. I'm paying attention to lines 269 295 327 369
35 377 380 and 381
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37 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200
38 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
39 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576
40 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz)
41 327: (II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7931 is
42 1920x1080
43 369: (II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory
44 for mode)
45 377: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode
46 clock/interlace/doublescan)
47 380: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode
48 clock/interlace/doublescan)
49 381: (WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to
50 1280x1024
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52 --
53 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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