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 1OoMuF-0002t3-US for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:49:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68042E073F; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (eterpe-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.16]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E7FEE073F for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:48:51 +0000 (UTC) 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-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from ignis-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.11]) by eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0L7Q0014E75DU600@eterpe-smout.broadpark.no> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:48:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.alstadheim.priv.no ([90.149.252.82]) by ignis-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTPA id <0L7Q0012K75DFZ50@ignis-smin.broadpark.no> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:48:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Finnesikke-B-A-I-T: finnesikke@alstadheim.priv.no Received: from [192.168.2.29] (unknown [192.168.2.29]) (Authenticated sender: hakon) by smtp.alstadheim.priv.no (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 67F0042CF for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:48:49 +0200 (CEST) Message-id: <4C7581B1.4060806@alstadheim.priv.no> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:48:49 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E5kon_Alstadheim?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100805 Iceowl/1.0b1 Icedove/3.0.6 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? References: In-reply-to: X-Archives-Salt: 8d793c14-834b-46de-b857-4409cb69d47d X-Archives-Hash: 0fbac9477609d21a805752fb61a658a1 Den 24. aug. 2010 04:27, skrev Kevin O'Gorman: > 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.) Just did a cursory read of the entire thread here. I notice the card is on the mobo, did you try to see if there is a BIOS setting to increase the amount of video RAM? I.e enter BIOS setup during boot, and look around in the chip setup.