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On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@×××××.com> |
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>>> wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since I'm years out of practice |
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>>>> fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone point me at the |
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>>>> tools for |
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>>>> 1) Computing a modeline (I understand the quality varies a lot) |
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>>>> 2) Configuring an xorg.conf |
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>>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> Check out x11-apps/amlc -- it has an interactive modeline generator |
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>>> where you tell it the aspect ratio& size of your screen and it spits |
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>>> out modelines for you. You'll still need to fill in the |
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>>> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff. |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> Does this help any? |
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>> |
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>> Section "Screen" |
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>> Identifier "Screen0" |
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>> Device "Card0" |
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>> Monitor "Monitor0" |
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>> Option "DPMS" "TRUE" |
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>> SubSection "Display" |
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>> Viewport 0 0 |
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>> Depth 24 |
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>> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" |
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>> EndSubSection |
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>> SubSection "Display" |
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>> Viewport 0 0 |
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>> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" |
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>> EndSubSection |
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>> SubSection "Display" |
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>> Viewport 0 0 |
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>> Depth 4 |
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>> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" |
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>> EndSubSection |
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>> SubSection "Display" |
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>> Viewport 0 0 |
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>> Depth 8 |
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>> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" |
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>> EndSubSection |
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>> |
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>> That's just a part of my xorg.conf. I don't use hal and don't like udev |
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>> doing mine so I still got my full xorg.conf file. If you need more, just |
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>> let me know. Heck, I'll post the whole thing if it will help you any. |
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>> |
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>> Also, have you tried running "X -configure" yet? I used it on another |
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>> machine and it worked pretty well. |
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>> Dale |
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> |
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> After creating a basic xorg.conf the modeline should go in the |
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> "Monitor" section. I don't use a modeline now but the only example I |
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> have from my xorg.conf archives are these: |
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> Section "Monitor" |
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> # 2048x1152 @ 50.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 59.30 kHz; pclk: 162.24 MHz |
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> Modeline "2048x1152_50.00" 162.24 2048 2176 2392 2736 1152 1153 |
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> 1156 1186 -HSync +Vsync |
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> # 2048x1152 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 71.52 kHz; pclk: 197.97 MHz |
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> Modeline "2048x1152_60.00" 197.97 2048 2184 2408 2768 1152 1153 |
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> 1156 1192 -HSync +Vsync |
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> EndSection |
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> |
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> And then in the Screen section like Dale posted you'd use for example |
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> "2048x1152_60.00" as your modeline (or whatever you decided to entitle |
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> your modes). |
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> At least that's how it used to work. With modern video cards & modern |
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> Xorg/Gnome/KDE it does a pretty good job of autodetecting that kind of |
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> thing so I haven't had to worry about it in a long time. :) |
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My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgrade today. |
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Everything looks larger than usual. As far as this email thread goes, |
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I thought xorg.conf was obsolete. |
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