On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM, wrote: > 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? >> > > > Have you tried setting different modelines etc using cvt and xrandr? > No. I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because I couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. The 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. I'm paying attention to lines 269 295 327 369 377 380 and 381 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz) 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 172.80 1920 2040 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