From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MnQbR-0003Er-LQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:29:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E6946E0AD0; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:29:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f222.google.com (mail-ew0-f222.google.com [209.85.219.222]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B3CE0AD0 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:29:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy22 with SMTP id 22so3743941ewy.14 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:29:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=x1F/BRC/CmH4Js1A60goYFHTJ/HA13rrU3jWkUtGLac=; b=DUiUHMUcPt6k3HdjtGbE35xo9innHW/i1qY/ZkRL6nRojdP6VsPwozeCGb4n8DOr2Q nlvupc+OgpaKKDQUvqnyG9+scrpWFPNXeBh9ds1CD++4w7Ap0mw9ygey447IToEo4RX1 HalTYEcT58nqxMUCqcZQ0BzXBpzOdbs6+lGk8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=CfGO8+RpiwK/tjxUyBP29xLWNjVUCffVQrYaNg8l5XntFgihDSJWQj/oqICjtc/7U/ vy+M0FO3t5gf6tdryfFgQE5uXDXQ0x5jcZg9cCO/cuF6lGT+EW1Mv9BTtm5uR7uWDzbB nxRltq0hqxOqIqIYi0Ju1D3glVY7OVSVVNmsI= Received: by 10.216.38.200 with SMTP id a50mr1644572web.4.1252992559018; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:29:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm744082eyx.1.2009.09.14.22.29.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:29:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:29:02 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <20090913205928.5154bf74@osage.osagesoftware.com> <200909142240.39116.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <87bpldko0w.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87bpldko0w.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4546940.rFdYKAfdX5"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200909150629.16426.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: d1a1f96e-3c55-4d68-aa38-d9e4e980dffa X-Archives-Hash: 22c1d7ba873eb4a62eca4954498b46d1 --nextPart4546940.rFdYKAfdX5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 15 September 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mick writes: > >> On my old computer it detected the highest resolution as 1280x1024, > >> but could actually do 1600x1200 with no problems. I had to create a > >> custom Modeline and put it in xorg.conf - this was before the HAL > >> revolution. I've got no idea if modelines still belong in xorg.conf or > >> in a FDI or something. > > > > Is there an *.fdi way of telling xorg which modeling or resolution to > > use? Unlike the OP I don't currently need to with my machines, but you > > never know tomorrow. > > I've been able to set a truly massive resolution..for yrs. I like flopping > around on a huge desktop. Its a resolution my vid card is not even > capable of... not sure how it works.. but I've used it literally for yrs. > > In /etc/X11/xorg.conf I have: > (The: > `DefaultDepth 24' line and the: > `Virtual 2048 1536' > are the keys. Actually gives me 2048 1536 as a desktop) > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "** NVIDIA (generic) [nv]" > Monitor "My Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > Virtual 2048 1536 > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > [...] Sure, but we're talking about setting modelines and what not in one of the = new=20 *.fdi files which use xml notation, not the old xorg.conf =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart4546940.rFdYKAfdX5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkqvJiwACgkQVTDTR3kpaLYPbwCgxR0ufqMDKff7DGhadKZZ9vCm uwUAoLxzeLcxGRqgac85NRvau07EV08Y =nuOg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4546940.rFdYKAfdX5--