> On Wednesday 25 February 2004 20:59, Don Rogers wrote: > > > It should be able to do 1024x768 at 18bit color (262K). The best that I > > have gotten is 800x600 with Millions of colors. > > > Any ideas how to proceed? The 18bit color depth seems unusual. > > Don't think so -- just use 24 or 32-bit colour in the video card, the LCD will > use the 18 that it can and discard the rest. Basically the fact your LCD can > only handle 6 bits per colour is a local issue for your LCD, treat it as if > it can handle 8 bits per colour and it will use the most significant 6 bits > of each colour. > > X is probably rejecting your requests for better resolution because it > believes the monitor is not capable of it. Examine your /etc/X11/XF86Config > file looking for the Section "Monitor" part and specifically the HorizSync > and VertRefresh parameters inside that. Try increasing the second value on > each and restarting X. > > - -Andy Hmmm, interesting. Part of my problem is that the monitor type was detected as a generic LCD, and Gateway did not provide any specs on what the monitor can do with regard to the HorizSync and VertRefresh. I understand that you can damage a monitor by using inappropriate values here. Do you have any guidance on how far I can push these? Don Rogers drogers@xxxxxxxxxx
