Not 100% sure, but check in the display control panel once you have
added the "modes" line to xorg.conf
Michael J. McGillick wrote:
Konstantin:
I played around with the Fonts applet as you suggested, but no real
difference. It did clean them up a tiny bit in the current resolution,
but as soon as I switched to a resolution like 1920x1200, it was
unreadably fuzzy.
I also did as you suggested of placing the Modes line in my Display
section, but no change after I restarted X.
I also looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and saw:
(II) VESA(0): Manufacturer: APP Model: 9232 Serial#: 33584150
(II) VESA(0): Year: 2006 Week: 32
(II) VESA(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) VESA(0): Digital Display Input
(II) VESA(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 64 vert.: 40
(II) VESA(0): Gamma: 2.20
(II) VESA(0): DPMS capabilities: Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) VESA(0): First detailed timing not preferred mode in violation of
standard!(II) VESA(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.343 greenX: 0.292 greenY:
0.611
(II) VESA(0): blueX: 0.146 blueY: 0.074 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.331
(II) VESA(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) VESA(0): clock: 71.0 MHz Image Size: 641 x 401 mm
(II) VESA(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1328 h_sync_end 1360 h_blank_end
1440 h_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): v_active: 800 v_sync: 803 v_sync_end 809 v_blanking: 823
v_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) VESA(0): clock: 268.0 MHz Image Size: 641 x 401 mm
(II) VESA(0): h_active: 2560 h_sync: 2608 h_sync_end 2640 h_blank_end
2720 h_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): v_active: 1600 v_sync: 1603 v_sync_end 1609 v_blanking:
1646 v_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): Serial No: CY6321VNUG1
(II) VESA(0): Monitor name: Cinema HD
(II) VESA(0): Number of EDID sections to follow: 1
(II) VESA(0): EDID (in hex):
(II) VESA(0): 00ffffffffffff000610329216740002
(II) VESA(0): 201001038040287828fe87a3574a9c25
(II) VESA(0): 13505400000001010101010101010101
(II) VESA(0): 010101010101bc1b00a0502017303020
(II) VESA(0): 360081912100001ab06800a0a0402e60
(II) VESA(0): 3020360081912100001a000000ff0043
(II) VESA(0): 5936333231564e5547310a00000000fc
(II) VESA(0): 0043696e656d612048440a00000001b7
(II) VESA(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "1280x800" 71.00 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803
809 823 -hsync +vsync
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "2560x1600" 268.00 2560 2608 2640 2720 1600
1603 1609 1646 -hsync +vsync
And then much further down the file:
(II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 256 64KB banks (16384kB)
(II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 49.31-98.53 kHz
(II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using vrefresh range of 59.86-59.91 Hz
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "2560x1600" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1920x1440" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1856x1392" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1400x1050" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1152x864" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "720x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x350" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "512x384" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x240" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (no mode of this name)
(WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter...
(II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 49.31-98.53 kHz
(II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using vrefresh range of 59.86-59.91 Hz
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "2560x1600" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "720x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x350" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "512x384" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x240" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (no mode of this name)
(WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter...
(II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 49.31-98.53 kHz
(II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using vrefresh range of 59.86-59.91 Hz
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "2560x1600" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "720x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x350" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x240" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (hsync out of range)
(--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1920x1440 (pitch 1920)
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1920x1440"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1856x1392"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1600x1200"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1400x1050"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1280x1024"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1280x1024"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1280x1024"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1152x864"
(**) VESA(0): Display dimensions: (640, 400) mm
(**) VESA(0): DPI set to (76, 91)
Not sure if this points to an issue or not.
- Michael
On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 16:23 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote:
Not sure about the actual resolution, but as far as fuzzy fonts go, you
should change anti-aliasing setting.
In Control Center go to Appearance & Themes -> Fonts. There's a
Configure button next to "Use anti-aliasing for fonts". Play around with
those settings and see which one works better for you. My favorite is
Use sub-pixel hinting RGB and Hinting style set at Full.
Note that only newly-launched applications will use these settings.
Also, I'm using FC6 with KDE, so apologies if you don't have the applet
in the same place.
As far as resolution, have you tried adding your resolution to Display
subsection like so:
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "2560x1600"
EndSubSection
Michael J. McGillick wrote:
Hi:
I'm running Fedora 7 on a Mac Pro with an ATI Radeon X1900 XT and an Apple
30" HD Cinema LCD monitor. I've been doing a lot of reading on how to
properly set up my xorg.conf file, however, I've not been able to get very
far. I'd appreciate any help, or pointers in the right direction.
The problems I'm having are:
- The highest resolution that the I can set through System > Administration
Display is 1920 x 1440 (This monitor supports 2560x1600).
- In all resolutions, the font is incredibly fuzzy. I have to leave the
monitor set at 1280x1024, as any higher resolution and the text is
unreadable.
- The background graphics and images are also fuzzy.
To date, here is what I've done:
- Installed Fedora - In the Gnome desktop, if I go to System >
Administration > Display, on the Hardware tab, I'm told that the monitor
type is Cinema HD (autoconfigured) and the Video Card is ATI Technologies
Inc R580 [Radeon X1900 XT] (Primary). This leads me to believe that the
Fedora installer recognized my hardware.
- Examined xorg.conf - If I look in xorg.conf, I see a listing for vesa
instead of the Radeon driver. I did some reading and apparently there is a
problem with the current 8.37.6 version of the ATI driver in that it
segfaults the X server. (Please correct me if my understanding is wrong)
- Followed several different threads that talk about similar problems to
mine, but never a solution posted. In many cases, the user had the same
graphics card as mine, but not the same monitor.
- Researched how to configure an LCD monitor in xorg.conf only to learn
that most LCD monitors do not have a refresh rate in the traditional sense,
and so you can leave the entire monitor section out of xorg.conf.
Apparently it gets detected automatically.
I'm a new user and would really like to be able to get up and running.
As with any new user, I'm frustrated that I haven't been able to figure it
out on my own. At this point, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, and could
really use some help.
The xorg.conf that got created was:
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
- Michael
