[PLUG] Working With a Wide Monitor

[Rogan Creswick]

On 8/14/07, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>    Anyway, I bought locally (Staples) because the cost in lost time and gas
> of driving to Fry's would have doubled the price of one of their monitors,
> and I ended up with an Acer AL1916W because it's a clearance special. I
> added the native 1400x900 resolution to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and the sync
> frequencies are fine. But, everthing is stretched horizontally and is
> uncomfortable to read. This is especially true as most of my work is done in
> virtual consoles in text mode.

I think the native resolution for that monitor is actually 1440x900,
which could be the culprit.  Might be worth double-checking your
xorg.conf for that.  (Amazon's tech specs on the AL1916W claim
1440x900 res.)

--Rogan