Philip Prindeville wrote: >Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote: > > >>Em Terça 04 Julho 2006 23:41, Craig White escreveu: >> >> >> >>>On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 11:37 +0900, Naoki wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 08:09 -0700, Craig White wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 09:17 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Naoki wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Howdy all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Anybody managed to get 1680x1050 as an available resolution in >>>>>>>'gnome-display-properties' ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I'm running an intel 945G graphics chip and all I get is 1600x1200 >>>>>>>with no widescreen options. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>If anybody knows the magic xorg.conf hack I'd be very happy to hear >>>>>>>it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Cheers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>Good luck. I've tired bios hacks, alternate drivers, and dozens of >>>>>>configs with the same monitor and chip set. I think it's impossible. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>---- >>>>>what do you have in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (screen section ?) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Right now : >>>> >>>>Section "Screen" >>>> Identifier "Screen0" >>>> Device "Videocard0" >>>> Monitor "Monitor0" >>>> DefaultDepth 24 >>>> SubSection "Display" >>>> Viewport 0 0 >>>> Depth 24 >>>> Modes "1680x1050" >>>> EndSubSection >>>>EndSection >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>---- >>>Then I gather the other reply about mode not supported by BIOS is >>>probably appropriate - perhaps you only need to give it more RAM >>>(presuming on board video from on board RAM) or BIOS upgrade or it's >>>possible that the onboard video will never support that mode. >>> >>> >>> >>That software I mentioned, 915resolution, can replace an unused BIOS video >>mode by the one he wants in RAM, for Intel 915 and 945 chipsets. Of course, >>it needs to be executed everytime the machine is booted. It would be >>appropriate to do it in rc.local. >> >>[]'s >>Marcelo >> >> >> > >Grab: > >ftp://ftp.redfish-solutions.com/pub/915resolution-0.5.2-2.i386.rpm > >(or conversely, grab the .src rpm if you want). > >This repackaging will create entries in /etc/sysconfig and /etc/rc.d/init.d/ >to integrate a little better on RH/FC than the version you get from the >author. > >Oh, and I've found that Dell makes LCD monitors that frequently have >slightly incorrect DDC parameters. To use a 2005FWP over VGA, for >instance, I had to use: > >ModeLine "1680x1050 (Dell')" 146.2 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1091 > >and not the: > >ModeLine "1680x1050 (Dell)" 146.2 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 > >that the DDC reported (or else the top 3 scan lines would be off-screen). > >I've had similar issues with a Dell 2405FPW. > > >-Philip > > > Just an update: I've taken 915resolution off my server... though I notice from the FTP server logs people are still looking for it there. Instead, go to: http://www.atrpms.net/dist/fc5/915resolution/ http://www.atrpms.net/dist/fc6/915resolution/ Note, of course, that it's only built in i386... there is no x86_64 image. -Philip
