[PLUG] Wide-screen monitors

Kenneth G. Stephens kens at cad2cam.com
Thu Dec 14 05:11:03 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 14:12 -0800, Russ Johnson wrote:
> Something else I thought of.
> 
> What resolutions are working?
> 
> Do you have enough memory on your video card to support the mode you are
> trying?
> 
> Discussions here:
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/sizes.html
> 
> On 12/12/06, Robert Kopp <iconoklastic at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm having more trouble than I expected getting a Samsung SyncMaster 225bw
> > monitor (1680 x 1050) working with SuSE (using an Nvidia FX5500 graphics
> > card). I would be interested in comments from anyone who has managed to get
> > such a monitor working properly with Linux, for the display looks like the
> > devil in any resolution other than the designated one.
> >
> > Robert "Tim" Kopp
> > http://analytic.tripod.com/

Another place to look is http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_HDTV

Just a google away with xorg modelines

If you need a particular modeline, the here is a good link:
http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
-- 
Ken Stephens
CAD 2 CAM




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