Re: [TCLUG:14308] Very Hires X

[Scott Lystig Fritchie <fritchie@mr.net>]

>>>>> "" == Yaron  <jethro@yaron.org> writes:

> Hi, Anyone here running X at > 1280x1024? I've never been able to
> get it to do that. I know that both my monitor and my video card
> support it, and my monitor is big enough for larger res to be
> viable... but I have no idea how to get X to agree with me about
> that...

There are some parts of the XF86Config that are about the same between
various video card/monitor combinations.  Here are some settings I
discovered after a lot of Deja searches.  I've used them with my
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 and Sony 520GS.  The card appears to have a
noise leak (ingress?) that makes things a little wavy ... or the
monitor (brand new) is the source of the waviness.  So I'm still
operating at 1280x1024.  At least everything stays (mostly) in one
place instead of wiggling.  {sigh}

These go in the 'Section "Monitor"' section.  I did things the
brute-force way, commenting out all but one, firing up X, and seeing
what happened.

## 1600x1200 stuff
# 1600x1200 @ 60Hz, 75.00 kHz hsync
#   Modeline "1600x1200"  162  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 70 Hz, 87.50 kHz hsync
#   Modeline "1600x1200"  189  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync -VSync 
# 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz, 93.75 kHz hsync
#   Modeline "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz, 105.77 kHz hsync
#   Modeline "1600x1200"  220  1600 1616 1808 2080  1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync +VSync

Once you've got something visible, you can use "xvidtune" to center
everything.  Or you can use the monitor's built-in controls to do
that.  Or both.

-Scott