[NBLUG/talk] 1600x1200 Rez in X

[Steve Johnson]

Just an update, I copied some stuff out of Mark's config and it now
works perfectly!  Thanks everyone who helped!

-Steve



On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:20:56 -0700 (PDT), Mark Street
<mark at oswizards.com> wrote:
> Same monitor here, no prob with 1600x1200, FC1 - XFree86-4.3.0-55.
> 
> Here is the relevant section..... maybe your video card can't push 16x12.
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "LCD Panel 1600x1200"
>         HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
>         VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 
>     # update this with the PCI id of your card.  Consult the output
>     # of the 'lspci' command.  The BusID is usually optional when
>     # only using one graphics card.
>     #BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>         Identifier  "NV AGP"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "nvidia"
>         BoardName   "Unknown video card"
>         Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 
>         #Device     "Videocard0"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "NV AGP"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     16
>                 Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Steve Johnson said:
> > I am running Debian Testing, with KDE as my desktop, I just got a nice
> > 20" LCD Display that has a native mode of 1600x1200..
> >
> > For some reason I can't get X to run at the res.  The highest it seems
> > to want to go is 1200x1024, Which is OK.. but not what I want.
> >
> > I'm running a GForce 5200 video card, with a Dell 2001FP Display.   If
> > I force the res to 1600x1200 in the XF86conifig file to 1600x1200, it
> > drops to some 1450x??? res which looks pretty bad on this display.
> 
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