Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, dhk <dhkuhl@×××××××××.net> wrote:

> On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> >> Paul Hartman wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@×××××.com>
> >>>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that.  Since I'm years out of
> practice
> >>>> fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone point me at
> the
> >>>> tools for
> >>>> 1) Computing a modeline (I understand the quality varies a lot)
> >>>> 2) Configuring an xorg.conf
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Check out x11-apps/amlc -- it has an interactive modeline generator
> >>> where you tell it the aspect ratio&  size of your screen and it spits
> >>> out modelines for you.  You'll still need to fill in the
> >>> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff.
>

 [SNIP]


> My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgrade today.
>  Everything looks larger than usual.  As far as this email thread goes,
> I thought xorg.conf was obsolete.
>
>
It should be obsolete in a modern system (if you trust hal, udev, etc.), but
the relevant parts include the video card which is very much non-modern.

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD