From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GUP34-00073w-JH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:45:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k92EiXW8016887; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:44:33 GMT Received: from gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de [134.76.163.126]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k92EdnOr016925 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:39:49 GMT Received: by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix, from userid 8) id 6E09C105212; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:39:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (unknown [134.76.161.221]) by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D92B10520F for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:39:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:38:27 +0200 From: Hans-Werner Hilse To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Widescreen resolution strangeness with nvidia Message-Id: <20061002163827.60fbaaa2.hilse@web.de> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10610020725r1f0ab684t83e6a2e5ea0898d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10610020725r1f0ab684t83e6a2e5ea0898d0@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Details: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de X-Archives-Salt: 4cc70d2d-8871-4ba3-88d5-8459efb0efe9 X-Archives-Hash: 4b7623be57b58cb96b7c812e26e499c3 Hi, On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 07:25:15 -0700 Grant wrote: > The TV has a native resolution of 1366x768 as stated by the > manufacturer. If I specify that resolution in xorg.conf, it says it's > an invalid resolution and uses 1360x768 instead. Probably because that's the only mode built into the driver near your desired mode. Just put an appropriate modeline in your xorg.conf. Probably you can google it. But 1366 is a bit strange, though. In most cases, the horizontal size can be divided by 8, if not 16. > This leaves a column of six unused pixels on the left side of the > screen. If I use the masked version of nvidia-driver, 1366x768 also > fails, but it is replaced with 1280x768. Strangely, the screen in > then completely filled. If I back off to the stable driver and > specify 1280x768, it is accepted and fills the entire screen. > > Is an actual resolution of 1280x768 being stretched to fill 1366? If > so, why isn't 1360x768 stretched to 1366? Probably internal logic of the monitor. You'd have to ask its manufacturer reg. the "why". BTW, you didn't tell how the monitor is connected. Analog VGA? -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list