On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Sam Martin wrote:

> Dunno if it'll help, but have you tried adding VertRefresh and
> HorizSync settings to your xorg.conf ?   I don't have an lcd, but my
> crt section looks like:

I don't have a LCD either.  It's a NEC AccuSync 90 19" CRT.

>
> <snip>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier      "CRT"
>        Option          "DPMS"
>        HorizSync       30-70
>        VertRefresh     50-160
> EndSection
> </snip>

Now we're cooking with gas.  Adding the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines 
from above to my Xorg.conf file fixes it, giving me 1280x1024.

Brian