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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Håkon Alstadheim < |
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> hakon@×××××××××××××××.no> wrote: |
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>> Den 24. aug. 2010 04:27, skrev Kevin O'Gorman: |
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>> I had to replace an 4:3 Westinghouse monitor this weekend. I got a new |
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>>> ASUS VH242H, which is very wide. But Xorg is still running 1280x1024, |
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>>> instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to xorg logs because of |
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>>> lack of video memory (using the ATI on the motherboard). I can make the |
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>>> screen use a 4:3 aspect ratio, so I'm up and running, much better than I |
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>>> started, but I'd like to do better. |
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>>> I guess I've gotta look for a video card, but all I have is PCIX slots, |
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>>> so I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be upgrading the mobo |
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>>> when finances permit -- which is not right now.) |
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>> Just did a cursory read of the entire thread here. I notice the card is on |
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>> the mobo, did you try to see if there is a BIOS setting to increase the |
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>> amount of video RAM? I.e enter BIOS setup during boot, and look around in |
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>> the chip setup. |
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> Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Be right back. |
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> Well, it was an interesting thought, but no joy. Lots of configuration |
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things showed up -- I didn't |
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realize I did not have the ECC memory to alert on uncorrectable errors, so |
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it wasn't all a waste. |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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