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 1Oo2fE-0002ZB-Qt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:12:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1CF45E083E; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:11:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08A93E083E for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:11:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (ool-43505ef2.dyn.optonline.net [67.80.94.242]) by mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0L7O0083DJ3VEPF0@mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:11:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:10:15 -0400 From: dhk Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? In-reply-to: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <4C745157.40108@optonline.net> 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 References: <4C734359.6020007@gmail.com> <4C744990.8000800@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100727 Thunderbird/3.1.1 X-Archives-Salt: e8309f64-0298-4896-9593-62494cddf35d X-Archives-Hash: c7959e3f2187505227021bb01d4d78bf On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since I'm years out of practice >>>> fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone point me at the >>>> tools for >>>> 1) Computing a modeline (I understand the quality varies a lot) >>>> 2) Configuring an xorg.conf >>>> >>> >>> Check out x11-apps/amlc -- it has an interactive modeline generator >>> where you tell it the aspect ratio& size of your screen and it spits >>> out modelines for you. You'll still need to fill in the >>> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Does this help any? >> >> Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Screen0" >> Device "Card0" >> Monitor "Monitor0" >> Option "DPMS" "TRUE" >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 4 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 8 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> >> That's just a part of my xorg.conf. I don't use hal and don't like udev >> doing mine so I still got my full xorg.conf file. If you need more, just >> let me know. Heck, I'll post the whole thing if it will help you any. >> >> Also, have you tried running "X -configure" yet? I used it on another >> machine and it worked pretty well. >> >> Dale > > After creating a basic xorg.conf the modeline should go in the > "Monitor" section. I don't use a modeline now but the only example I > have from my xorg.conf archives are these: > > Section "Monitor" > # 2048x1152 @ 50.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 59.30 kHz; pclk: 162.24 MHz > Modeline "2048x1152_50.00" 162.24 2048 2176 2392 2736 1152 1153 > 1156 1186 -HSync +Vsync > # 2048x1152 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 71.52 kHz; pclk: 197.97 MHz > Modeline "2048x1152_60.00" 197.97 2048 2184 2408 2768 1152 1153 > 1156 1192 -HSync +Vsync > EndSection > > And then in the Screen section like Dale posted you'd use for example > "2048x1152_60.00" as your modeline (or whatever you decided to entitle > your modes). > > At least that's how it used to work. With modern video cards & modern > Xorg/Gnome/KDE it does a pretty good job of autodetecting that kind of > thing so I haven't had to worry about it in a long time. :) > > My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgrade today. Everything looks larger than usual. As far as this email thread goes, I thought xorg.conf was obsolete.