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 1Oo2To-0001cW-Hg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:00:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 76CD4E0793; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:59:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com (mail-fx0-f53.google.com [209.85.161.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36311E0793 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:59:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so4906559fxm.40 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:59:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=kTiyuoI6rVynhUe1+LFFzOjnaWR0xpnmfMJUZpfJZO0=; b=nff9MVjyqg7qYy5SgRGB+DVFDQfUz8CZYuCCEpJzd82H4gq1k2OJlIGLRP8mu16pNA cKYTTfOpauncdOaIUzNUIi55RgepmpFOUPS68K+FesGzpsmUeuw/vua+F0+GmmWf0eb1 0uU13DhujP1hD/qnnjl05ukUtVmNbrnpRqoRc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=eeX8d51DoSk/gz5wvfKbP16WPMJcInB8Tt8lcPUXwsCknNQUsd/aRgU2JVIqqvND0w CwV67a+TlWG3Q0oNdEzmDaDiqSJtGi/xgGmoV84wWoF6zF7YdFN0DPpvagsc/NGGfYTV 83JGEBuJj6Stm/Kl2sqMpTeZqBtLXt3BlOjeQ= 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 Received: by 10.239.175.140 with SMTP id n12mr369336hbf.62.1282690787390; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:59:47 -0700 (PDT) Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.239.159.12 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:59:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C744990.8000800@gmail.com> References: <4C734359.6020007@gmail.com> <4C744990.8000800@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:59:47 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2DH4nMpVm5kbkDEgNRMoa9ZN3Bo Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 183fe823-9c34-4fd9-80f2-bd5bc78b2ffc X-Archives-Hash: 3233cc71e4e9920b0a35647a6f82540e 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 >> =A0wrote: >> >>> >>> Yah, I might have some luck with that. =A0Since I'm years out of practi= ce >>> 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& =A0size of your screen and it spits >> out modelines for you. =A0You'll still need to fill in the >> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff. >> >> >> > > Does this help any? > > Section "Screen" > =A0 =A0Identifier =A0 =A0 "Screen0" > =A0 =A0Device =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "Card0" > =A0 =A0Monitor =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"Monitor0" > =A0 =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "DPMS" "TRUE" > =A0 =A0SubSection =A0 =A0 "Display" > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 =A00 0 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 =A0 24 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Modes =A0 =A0 =A0"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > =A0 =A0EndSubSection > =A0 =A0SubSection =A0 =A0 "Display" > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 =A00 0 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Modes =A0 =A0 =A0"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > =A0 =A0EndSubSection > =A0 =A0SubSection =A0 =A0 "Display" > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 =A00 0 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 =A0 4 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Modes =A0 =A0 =A0"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > =A0 =A0EndSubSection > =A0 =A0SubSection =A0 =A0 "Display" > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 =A00 0 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 =A0 8 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Modes =A0 =A0 =A0"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > =A0 =A0EndSubSection > > That's just a part of my xorg.conf. =A0I don't use hal and don't like ude= v > doing mine so I still got my full xorg.conf file. =A0If you need more, ju= st > let me know. =A0Heck, I'll post the whole thing if it will help you any. > > Also, have you tried running "X -configure" yet? =A0I 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. :)