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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.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 18:49:22
Message-Id: AANLkTinESCEE8FdUcdfpPUAFV76XUkt=VxK6ohgyrR1g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? by Kevin O'Gorman
1 On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 >
4 > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >>
6 >> On 24 August 2010 11:23, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:
7 >> >
8 >> >> No.  I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because
9 >> >> I
10 >> >> couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it.  The Xorg
11 >> >> logs
12 >> >> show it recognizes a boatload of
13 >> >> modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the HD
14 >> >> ones.  The approach
15 >> >> does not seem promising.
16 >> >>
17 >> >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log attached.  I'm paying attention to lines 269 295
18 >> >> 327
19 >> >> 369 377 380 and 381
20 >> >>
21 >> >> 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  148.50  1920 2008 2052
22 >> >> 2200  1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
23 >> >> 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  172.80  1920 2040 2248
24 >> >> 2576  1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz)
25 >> >> 327: (II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7931 is
26 >> >> 1920x1080
27 >> >> 369: (II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient
28 >> >> memory for mode)
29 >> >> 377: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode
30 >> >> clock/interlace/doublescan)
31 >> >> 380: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode
32 >> >> clock/interlace/doublescan)
33 >> >> 381: (WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to
34 >> >> 1280x1024
35 >> >>
36 >> >
37 >> > I assume 269 and 295 are related to 377 and 380. I remember i had a lot
38 >> > of
39 >> > pain getting a Geforce 440MX to do 16:9, but it was all in the
40 >> > modelines.
41 >> > There are some modeline calculators on the web, but be warned that some
42 >> > of
43 >> > them produce bad output. I did eventually get it to work after a lot of
44 >> > trial and error.
45 >> >
46 >> > Also because of this;
47 >> >
48 >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 30.00-85.00 kHz
49 >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using vrefresh range of 55.00-75.00
50 >> > Hz
51 >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using maximum pixel clock of 160.00
52 >> > MHz
53 >> >
54 >> >
55 >> > you may need to set the ranges in your xorg.conf instead. check the
56 >> > monitors
57 >> > specs first tho.
58 >>
59 >> What does xrandr -q show?
60 >> --
61 >> Regards,
62 >> Mick
63 >>
64 >
65 > treat log # xrandr -q
66 > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1440 x 1024
67 > default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
68 >    1280x1024      60.0*
69 >    1440x900       60.0
70 >    1280x960       60.0
71 >    1152x864       75.0
72 >    1024x768       75.0     70.0     60.0
73 >    896x672        60.0
74 >    832x624        75.0
75 >    800x600        75.0     72.0     60.0     56.0     65.0
76 >    700x525        75.0     60.0
77 >    640x512        75.0     60.0
78 >    640x480        75.0     73.0     67.0     60.0
79 >    720x400        70.0
80 >    576x432        75.0
81 >    512x384        75.0     70.0     60.0
82 >    416x312        75.0
83 >    400x300        75.0     72.0     60.0     56.0
84 >    320x240        75.0     73.0     60.0
85 > treat log #
86
87 Until you can replace the video card, maybe you can come up with a
88 modeline for a lower resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio, such as:
89
90 852x480
91 1280x720
92 1365x768
93 1600x900
94
95 It wouldn't be optimal, but at least it would fill your screen without
96 being stretched strangely.

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