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 1Oo3QC-0006kH-UL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 74380E0794; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:12 +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 488D8E0794 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwe5 with SMTP id 5so7509467qwe.40 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:12 -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; bh=MshkJ0o8osBRAVI+EIdhKyIuekge7kT/cEfb9ZNy6xo=; b=GjDYnY9/2cQooLksxqBeOIJ/DzU5F0WD9ycc4wXItPt0OVXGlF10zf9EMDg1rlQNVW wrB5WNvypU4T3uBmefli0mYdbKC7upXh3DCmGIKZaQai4+O5q26snovFm5aFFMGIaFxP EZ+aQkGIlu+YJPZH+yK01GBe5OItSfZO+W/7o= 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; b=jA8FI9GNQI366um6KbTeJLuzUQrw8yUoIwDVmTAzkb0m3b4FRRXk2vljPUzoaVexcl 2nJQ59JLpMkkiYbWW/XtvUxLqlDqd13zHU1I8kRC6Ei/EjrdYUj33uPKKALwZdkfMggX I2Lm6hJA5rpuG+OyzcM/R01MI2oa9FM+69lso= 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 10.224.11.9 with SMTP id r9mr5031355qar.180.1282694411977; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.228.194 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C745157.40108@optonline.net> References: <4C734359.6020007@gmail.com> <4C744990.8000800@gmail.com> <4C745157.40108@optonline.net> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:11 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175cb938c80428048e9a9011 X-Archives-Salt: 33239cb6-a7ea-4d5c-ac27-baa561cec08d X-Archives-Hash: 889fff07eb14cc5ec4428903380618c3 --0015175cb938c80428048e9a9011 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, dhk wrote: > On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > > 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 > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since I'm years out of > practice > >>>> 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& size of your screen and it spits > >>> out modelines for you. You'll still need to fill in the > >>> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff. > [SNIP] > My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgrade today. > Everything looks larger than usual. As far as this email thread goes, > I thought xorg.conf was obsolete. > > It should be obsolete in a modern system (if you trust hal, udev, etc.), but the relevant parts include the video card which is very much non-modern. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD --0015175cb938c80428048e9a9011 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On= Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, dhk <dhkuhl@optonline.net> wrote:
On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrot= e:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@gmail.com>
>>> =A0wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that. =A0Since I'm ye= ars out of practice
>>>> fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone po= int 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 gene= rator
>>> 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.

=A0[SNIP]
=A0
My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgra= de today.
=A0Everything looks larger than usual. =A0As far as this email thread goes,=
I thought xorg.conf was obsolete.


It should be obsolete in a modern system (if you = trust hal, udev, etc.), but the relevant parts include the video card which= is very much non-modern.

--
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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