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To display 1920x1080 resolution with 32 bit colors, you need 8,294,400 |
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bytes of video memory. So if you have more than eight megs of video |
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mem you shouldn't need to buy a new one. |
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have you tried something like |
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xrandr --auto |
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Petri Rosenström |
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:40 AM, <d.fedorov@×××××××.ru> wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM, <dennisonic@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On 24/08/10 03:38, Bill Longman wrote: |
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>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Kevin O'Gorman |
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>>> <kogorman@×××××.com>wrote: |
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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 |
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>>>> because of |
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>>>> lack of video memory (using the ATI on the motherboard). I can make |
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>>>> the |
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>>>> screen use a 4:3 aspect ratio, so I'm up and running, much better than |
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>>>> 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 |
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>>>> I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be upgrading the mobo |
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>>>> when |
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>>>> finances permit -- which is not right now.) |
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>>>> Any ideas? |
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>>> |
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>>> Have you tried setting different modelines etc using cvt and xrandr? |
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>> No. I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because I |
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>> couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. The Xorg logs |
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>> show it recognizes a boatload of |
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>> modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the HD |
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>> ones. |
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>> The approach |
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>> does not seem promising. |
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>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log attached. I'm paying attention to lines 269 295 327 |
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>> 369 |
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>> 377 380 and 381 |
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>> 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 |
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>> 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz) |
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>> 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 172.80 1920 2040 2248 |
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>> 2576 |
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>> 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz) |
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>> 327: (II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7931 is |
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>> 1920x1080 |
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>> 369: (II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient |
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>> memory |
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>> for mode) |
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>> 377: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode |
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>> clock/interlace/doublescan) |
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>> 380: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode |
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>> clock/interlace/doublescan) |
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>> 381: (WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to |
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>> 1280x1024 |
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>> -- |
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>> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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> 1) Did you made entries for right resolution mode in xorg.conf |
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> 2) Are u sure that 1920x1080 is supported resolution for your monitor? |
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> 3) BIOS of some graphic cards is trying to overide the data reported by |
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> the monitor in its own way |
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