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 1Onnyv-0007gh-EZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:31:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 01988E0786; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:31:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com (mail-iw0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBF54E0786 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:31:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so649053iwn.40 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:31:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=RnEDR57MuI+b6MM4GhrA2szGIH97OpwlGYdQbNCDZ+4=; b=jsRaCYBdj7g+HUE02zhC3zYvVE/SaBiK1ov5cUlpUrucNsMAOPdkEE4KEaH5CURalJ gdUFy+rdzenBvDXdVT99cRkJB0BB2AkHMmesf0kisijEJSoLfjfKUnjpovqD8utYTpW2 XQi5LlsfGoRfJxhrHEDPnw6W0+BUKxo0qeBd4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KEPGM6gof8Cc6fLM5aJdmFjcb4r4OxAh7BDRDGyNN7cX1TZHOPJfT2wW+tOZgaQBtz TFR7TijX2ngUHlBIGMqssre5QcMiY3CKn7XD9SVQS08RFcJbvP1vScOuuXLXNZ9+U7w9 dj3wfvLoZLo2Z7Ut3vAZKHAkX+/ueh0u5zgtE= Received: by 10.231.39.195 with SMTP id h3mr8047486ibe.88.1282635063359; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:31:03 -0700 (PDT) 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 10.231.157.145 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:30:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <782e45809b05308deecdcbcdbbd05b3c.squirrel@webmail.timeweb.ru> References: <4C734359.6020007@gmail.com> <782e45809b05308deecdcbcdbbd05b3c.squirrel@webmail.timeweb.ru> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Petri_Rosenstr=C3=B6m?= Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:30:43 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ada69a2a-e0c6-45e9-9967-c86e383cf791 X-Archives-Hash: c170502d3ce13f15dc520889615306b6 To display 1920x1080 resolution with 32 bit colors, you need 8,294,400 bytes of video memory. So if you have more than eight megs of video mem you shouldn't need to buy a new one. have you tried something like xrandr --auto --- Petri Rosenstr=C3=B6m On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:40 AM, wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM, wrote: >> >>> =C2=A0On 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. =C2=A0I got= a new >>>> ASUS VH242H, which is very wide. =C2=A0But Xorg is still running 1280x= 1024, >>>> instead of the monitor's normal 1920x1080, according to xorg logs >>>> because of >>>> lack of video memory (using the ATI on the motherboard). =C2=A0I can m= ake >>>> 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? >>>> >>> >>> >>> Have you tried setting different modelines etc using cvt and xrandr? >>> >> >> No. =C2=A0I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just beca= use I >> couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. =C2=A0The Xorg= logs >> show it recognizes a boatload of >> modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the HD >> ones. >> The approach >> does not seem promising. >> >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log attached. =C2=A0I'm paying attention to lines 269 29= 5 327 >> 369 >> 377 380 and 381 >> >> 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 =C2=A0148.50 =C2=A01920 20= 08 2052 2200 >> 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz) >> 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 =C2=A0172.80 =C2=A01920 2= 040 2248 >> 2576 >> 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz) >> 327: (II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7931 is >> 1920x1080 >> 369: (II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient >> memory >> for mode) >> 377: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode >> clock/interlace/doublescan) >> 380: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode >> clock/interlace/doublescan) >> 381: (WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to >> 1280x1024 >> >> -- >> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD >> > > 1) Did you made entries for right resolution mode in xorg.conf > 2) Are u sure that 1920x1080 is supported resolution for your monitor? > 3) BIOS of some graphic cards is trying to overide the data reported by > the monitor in its own way > > >