On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Paul Hartman > <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogor...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 24 August 2010 11:23, Adam Carter <adamcart...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> No. I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just >> >> >> because >> >> >> I >> >> >> couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. The Xorg >> >> >> logs >> >> >> show it recognizes a boatload of >> >> >> modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the >> >> >> HD >> >> >> ones. The approach >> >> >> does not seem promising. >> >> >> >> >> >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log attached. I'm paying attention to lines 269 295 >> >> >> 327 >> >> >> 369 377 380 and 381 >> >> >> >> >> >> 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2008 >> >> >> 2052 >> >> >> 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz) >> >> >> 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 172.80 1920 2040 >> >> >> 2248 >> >> >> 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz) >> >> >> 327: (II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7931 >> >> >> is >> >> >> 1920x1080 >> >> >> 369: (II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" >> >> >> (insufficient >> >> >> memory for mode) >> >> >> 377: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode >> >> >> clock/interlace/doublescan) >> >> >> 380: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode >> >> >> clock/interlace/doublescan) >> >> >> 381: (WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 >> >> >> to >> >> >> 1280x1024 >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > I assume 269 and 295 are related to 377 and 380. I remember i had a >> >> > lot >> >> > of >> >> > pain getting a Geforce 440MX to do 16:9, but it was all in the >> >> > modelines. >> >> > There are some modeline calculators on the web, but be warned that >> >> > some >> >> > of >> >> > them produce bad output. I did eventually get it to work after a lot >> >> > of >> >> > trial and error. >> >> > >> >> > Also because of this; >> >> > >> >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 30.00-85.00 >> >> > kHz >> >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using vrefresh range of >> >> > 55.00-75.00 >> >> > Hz >> >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using maximum pixel clock of >> >> > 160.00 >> >> > MHz >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > you may need to set the ranges in your xorg.conf instead. check the >> >> > monitors >> >> > specs first tho. >> >> >> >> What does xrandr -q show? >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Mick >> >> >> > >> > treat log # xrandr -q >> > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1440 x 1024 >> > default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm >> > 1280x1024 60.0* >> > 1440x900 60.0 >> > 1280x960 60.0 >> > 1152x864 75.0 >> > 1024x768 75.0 70.0 60.0 >> > 896x672 60.0 >> > 832x624 75.0 >> > 800x600 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 65.0 >> > 700x525 75.0 60.0 >> > 640x512 75.0 60.0 >> > 640x480 75.0 73.0 67.0 60.0 >> > 720x400 70.0 >> > 576x432 75.0 >> > 512x384 75.0 70.0 60.0 >> > 416x312 75.0 >> > 400x300 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 >> > 320x240 75.0 73.0 60.0 >> > treat log # >> >> Until you can replace the video card, maybe you can come up with a >> modeline for a lower resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio, such as: >> >> 852x480 >> 1280x720 >> 1365x768 >> 1600x900 >> >> It wouldn't be optimal, but at least it would fill your screen without >> being stretched strangely. >> > > 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.
