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 1OnkfH-0003M3-2T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:59:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EFE70E085C; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F80BE085C for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf28 with SMTP id 28so9017037wyf.40 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:58:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=dhjoyoShuxE7xmJJ6Zvv3vKSjG5tk/xDroEFhfPHiN8=; b=oDMKYohBmkq7J2ojoP139LNm5mqby+YqCwPI55bRPfPR/8L4zaOuRBprnegeXZjqT/ qb+FUHF5yMJM1nARppDzz26mI8TqylZFEXoR7WoH2Rc4lyqkslszM6b+rYfpnK2zariP 1a5lpHG1h+oRKJLxYkAuSDm5L2G5OI+SkAEw0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; b=CpO+B1nfYuWYnFmV5n0ufEYKWNtCYJwzrdTie3JPGpDW5rkhxiu1M17UYeyoZHogb4 fqgV+RkhzGdKSEw64KVi/Gr2dlz8uF/RHoWbYXqMm29P1b/USzTceiF9B1XifzCQhAHK 4778jJvePgD9cY4ZvGglZ2Jiy8vrNOV135g6Y= Received: by 10.227.69.10 with SMTP id x10mr5325586wbi.155.1282622295888; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.104] (cpc2-seve11-0-0-cust183.13-3.cable.virginmedia.com [82.10.148.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m25sm6170866wbc.7.2010.08.23.20.58.14 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C734359.6020007@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:58:17 +0100 From: dennisonic@gmail.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100807 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.2 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040607020505070803060909" X-Archives-Salt: 894f6317-8706-4773-ae03-b23b70970210 X-Archives-Hash: 6d24a80753520e4fb95770405f1ff000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040607020505070803060909 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 24/08/10 03:38, Bill Longman wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Kevin O'Gorman > wrote: > > I had to replace an 4:3 Westinghouse monitor this weekend. I got > a new ASUS VH242H, which is very wide. But Xorg is still running > 1280x1024, instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to > xorg logs because of lack of video memory (using the ATI on the > motherboard). I can make the screen use a 4:3 aspect ratio, so > I'm up and running, much better than I started, but I'd like to do > better. > > I guess I've gotta look for a video card, but all I have is PCIX > slots, so I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be > upgrading the mobo when finances permit -- which is not right now.) > > Any ideas? > > > You'd kinda think that since AGP is kinda sorta a beefed up version of > PCI, kinda sorta like PCI-X, you ought to be able to find a boatload > of cards like this for the cheap on eBay. But finding one is like > finding hen's teeth. The only one I've found is a 3.3/5V 32/64bit > 33/66MHz ATI card and they're about $US500. The company that makes > them does them for multi-head displays such as NOC displays, etc, so > if you can't spare the change for a new mobo, then five hundred bucks > for a video card in a worn-out bus format is probably out of the question. > > I've been looking for one for years now because I have this > great Dell server that just keeps on running and running but it has > these beautiful 64 bit PCI-X slots just calling out for a decent video > card -- but not AGP! > Have you tried setting different modelines etc using cvt and xrandr? --------------040607020505070803060909 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 24/08/10 03:38, Bill Longman wrote:


On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com>= wrote:
I had to replace an 4:3 Westinghouse monitor this weekend.=C2=A0= I got a new ASUS VH242H, which is very wide.=C2=A0 But Xorg is st= ill running 1280x1024, instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to xorg logs because of lack of video memory (using the ATI on the motherboard).=C2=A0 I can make the screen use a = 4:3 aspect ratio, so I'm up and running, much better than I started, but I'd like to do better.

I guess I've gotta look for a video card, but all I have is PCIX slots, so I don't want to put a lot of money into it (I'll be upgrading the mobo when finances permit -- which is not right now.)

Any ideas?

You'd kinda think that since AGP is kinda sorta a beefed up version of PCI, kinda sorta like PCI-X, you ought to be able to find a boatload of cards like this for the cheap on eBay. But finding one is like finding hen's teeth. The only one I've found is a 3.3/5V 32/64bit 33/66MHz ATI card and they're about $US500. The company that makes them does them for multi-head displays such as NOC displays, etc, so if you can't spare the change for a new mobo, then five hundred bucks for a video card in a worn-out bus format is probably out of the question.

<rant>I've been looking for one for years now because I have this great Dell server that just keeps on running and running but it has these beautiful 64 bit PCI-X slots just calling out for a decent video card -- but not AGP!</rant><= /div>

Have you tried setting different modelines etc using cvt and xrandr?<= br> --------------040607020505070803060909--