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 1OoHE3-0002x3-LA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:45:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09055E0A9F; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:44:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF96CE0A9F for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:44:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwe5 with SMTP id 5so650274qwe.40 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:44:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=YHcXvWvEpTu6JN6EvWddClLucBjFIQ0E1ZrfoFDcxrY=; b=O0fBGI39RbvPpr7LJQC+UT6ag5PoLHgQjmAdQZlpOiLTi2ouSc0FpANBWFWoKQLYBm 3hHwA7G/bAWRLXWuYnOhj/mDhDaQDT6ZQN16VEVJw06OclytDowhf73ZgMFM93CLvlxP 66MwfXbaBnF59RV6IMubitkZtwCjNrcJhPeNg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E5S4kxqkuFkUX/rwEo42wNguIJ3JJmaZv8aXkRgLLEWzwle6yk25HxTcmlZ3h/wpbV smA6JzWtNef4R83Kk8vHWK+7Q+UQq/wK+f7FTDz5daFIwYA0hg23DfPfNCeGrrGI7l8e 8Q/4/jH8qoKJUbhFDPbyG7V+ydqpgsnN6hpfA= 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 10.224.63.230 with SMTP id c38mr5612259qai.234.1282747498520; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.69.153 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:44:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4C734359.6020007@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:44:58 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 244a2fa4-6e0c-405f-88b5-66d0eb3c1140 X-Archives-Hash: dac3c74e44f179a47cec2cc854f4d51e On 25 August 2010 15:38, Paul Hartman wrote= : > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Mick wrote: >> On 25 August 2010 15:17, Paul Hartman wr= ote: >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wr= ote: >>>> I found the specs with Hsync and VSync limits, but they don't mention = the >>>> clock speed.=A0 I guess I'll just have to fool with it until it works = or >>>> catches fire. >>> >>> That basically describes the way I've done my X monitor settings for >>> the past 10 years or so. I just made up a bunch of numbers and hope >>> they accidentally work. :) Now I'm thankful for EDID in monitors and >>> smarter video drivers. >> >> I think that if xrandr -q does not show the resolution you are >> seeking, then the video card or driver in question cannot provide it. >> I'm not sure that feeding xorg any odd modeline will change things, >> plus unlike a CRT monitor, LCDs only provide a clear image at their >> native resolution (denoted by '+' in the xrandr list of resolutions) > > I've been able to generate modelines in the past for all kinds of > crazy non-standard resolutions. I think the ones listed may be the > ones defined in the card's BIOS. > > I just remembered about CVT, I think it's what I used to generate the > modelines I posted earlier. It is part of the x11-base/xorg-server > package and will generate the frequencies and everything for you based > on VESA standards. You simply give it X and Y resolution and it does > the rest. For example: > > $ cvt 1280 720 > # 1280x720 59.86 Hz (CVT 0.92M9) hsync: 44.77 kHz; pclk: 74.50 MHz > Modeline "1280x720_60.00" =A0 74.50 =A01280 1344 1472 1664 =A0720 723 728 > 748 -hsync +vsync Fair enough, but anything other than the native resolution on an LCD monitor will end looking distorted or blurred. --=20 Regards, Mick