Re: 1152x870 display resolution

[Rick Johnson <rjohnson medata com>]

Robert Marcano wrote:

> I have a IBM P70 Monitor that notifies via DCC to XFree86 that this
> resolution is available, I have added it to the "modes" line, but
> XFree86 refuses to use it as informed on the log file. The max
> resolution that i can get is 1024x768. Using RH9 I was able to use
> bigger resolutions with the same hardware, Do anybody has an idea how to
> solve this problem?

Try using 1152x864 instead. 870 adds and extra 6 lines which some drivers 
may not support.

1280x960 is another 4:3 mode which I find enjoyable (1280x1024 is 5:4, and 
on regular screens, looks "funny" since it's vertically compressed).

-Rick
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