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 1Oo1pW-0007xi-1j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:18:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2DA80E07D3; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:18:43 +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 C8287E07D3 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:18:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so4890983fxm.40 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:18:42 -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=Puu6nb7wqMlC7OVQjyyN+GMfr6P5EPSxHFaFVZvG58I=; b=r9b/92p7evKICnw7lzKQTPAY1hQJOQ7uslOqyP6HBVoSSL8e+uJNs4CYUlulzxb/yF tEvyiwiTDrtjkaYHCwXXw6Br/qfc7KjZrYpIfMG0GfnPavnQdr8griJLbG/FUxj0PmG+ l3DN70REIRDBaVhXZaSAB0joGFcUWrcV8rFus= 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=Yybs04dytgMld7LnUuC4xKnvAXtp46xbOpkUdvSk3KKLz5Yjy+zRPoMQZ7J3QfV23R e7qqJexQsts8i/TuwnFtjct5vIk0NExfzs3MwnrGlgFUQ5OphZ7NKu3vK5EOkOOApjcR cDZ+CTezC6DfPC/jwQFcLw/Lnp0EDiNf6/s3E= 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 10.239.167.16 with SMTP id d16mr344980hbe.3.1282688322095; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:18:42 -0700 (PDT) Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.239.159.12 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:18:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4C734359.6020007@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:18:42 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: pp3QinT5xZF0nSQzFeyK-Mkcrj4 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: b1d09228-2f61-4205-9ade-95074b356abf X-Archives-Hash: fe0f6702fa19604fddd25ed29780365d On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Paul Hartman > wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Kevin O'Gorman >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick wrot= e: >> >> >> >> On 24 August 2010 11:23, Adam Carter wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> No.=A0 I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just >> >> >> because >> >> >> I >> >> >> couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it.=A0 The X= org >> >> >> logs >> >> >> show it recognizes a boatload of >> >> >> modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the >> >> >> HD >> >> >> ones.=A0 The approach >> >> >> does not seem promising. >> >> >> >> >> >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log attached.=A0 I'm paying attention to lines 269= 295 >> >> >> 327 >> >> >> 369 377 380 and 381 >> >> >> >> >> >> 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0=A0 148.50=A0 1920 20= 08 >> >> >> 2052 >> >> >> 2200=A0 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz) >> >> >> 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0=A0 172.80=A0 1920 2= 040 >> >> >> 2248 >> >> >> 2576=A0 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz) >> >> >> 327: (II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.793= 1 >> >> >> 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 1920x108= 0 >> >> >> to >> >> >> 1280x1024 >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > I assume 269 and 295 are related to 377 and 380. I remember i had a >> >> > lot >> >> > of >> >> > pain getting a Geforce 440MX to do 16:9, but it was all in the >> >> > modelines. >> >> > There are some modeline calculators on the web, but be warned that >> >> > some >> >> > of >> >> > them produce bad output. I did eventually get it to work after a lo= t >> >> > of >> >> > trial and error. >> >> > >> >> > Also because of this; >> >> > >> >> > (II) MACH64(0): : Using hsync range of 30.00-85.00 >> >> > kHz >> >> > (II) MACH64(0): : Using vrefresh range of >> >> > 55.00-75.00 >> >> > Hz >> >> > (II) MACH64(0): : Using maximum pixel clock of >> >> > 160.00 >> >> > MHz >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > you may need to set the ranges in your xorg.conf instead. check the >> >> > monitors >> >> > specs first tho. >> >> >> >> What does xrandr -q show? >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Mick >> >> >> > >> > treat log # xrandr -q >> > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1440 x 1024 >> > default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm >> > =A0=A0 1280x1024=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60.0* >> > =A0=A0 1440x900=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60.0 >> > =A0=A0 1280x960=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60.0 >> > =A0=A0 1152x864=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0 >> > =A0=A0 1024x768=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 70.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60= .0 >> > =A0=A0 896x672=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60.0 >> > =A0=A0 832x624=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0 >> > =A0=A0 800x600=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 72.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = 60.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 56.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 65.0 >> > =A0=A0 700x525=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60.0 >> > =A0=A0 640x512=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60.0 >> > =A0=A0 640x480=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 73.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = 67.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60.0 >> > =A0=A0 720x400=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 70.0 >> > =A0=A0 576x432=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0 >> > =A0=A0 512x384=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 70.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = 60.0 >> > =A0=A0 416x312=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0 >> > =A0=A0 400x300=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 72.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = 60.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 56.0 >> > =A0=A0 320x240=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 75.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 73.0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = 60.0 >> > treat log # >> >> Until you can replace the video card, maybe you can come up with a >> modeline for a lower resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio, such as: >> >> 852x480 >> 1280x720 >> 1365x768 >> 1600x900 >> >> It wouldn't be optimal, but at least it would fill your screen without >> being stretched strangely. >> > > Yah, I might have some luck with that.=A0 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.