1680x1050 resolution not working (Fedora Core 2, Dell Inspiron 8600, WSXGA+)
Florian Burkart
Florian.Burkart at gmx.de
Mon Aug 16 19:32:37 UTC 2004
I'm sorry, but how do I do that?
> Florian Burkart wrote:
> > Hey everybody,
> >
> > sorry to be bothering you, but I can't get any further by myself. I have
> > been googling on this for a few hours now.
> >
> > I just installed FC2 (first time with linux) and am trying to get the
> > 1680x1050 resolution to work. There are plenty of posts about this, and
> they
> > all kind of match themselves, so that should be pretty straight forward.
> > Here is what i put into my xorg.conf:
> >
> > ======================
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "Default Layout"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Videocard0"
> > Monitor "dell-i8600"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 8
> > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > Section "Device" (I installed the NVidia drivers as well, logo showing
> up,
> > so it should be ok...)
> > Identifier "Videocard0"
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> > BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Modes"
> > Identifier "16:10"
> > Modeline "1280x800" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835
> > Modeline "1280x800" 123.38 1280 1368 1504 1728 800 801 804 840
> > Modeline "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848
> > Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087
> > Modeline "1680x1050" 188.07 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1096
> > Modeline "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103
> > Modeline "1680x1050" 256.20 1680 1808 1992 2304 1050 1051 1054 1112
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "dell-i8600"
> > HorizSync 31.5-100
> > VertRefresh 30-90
> > UseModes "16:10"
> > EndSection
> >
> > ... (other stuff)
> >
> > =============================
> >
> > Now, whatever I do, I can only get 1280x800 to work:
> > - I removed all the 1680x1050 entries -> worked.
> > - I removed all the 1280x800 entries -> either very low standard vesa
> > resolution or hang itself up.
> > - Although man xorg.conf says that the order is determined in subsection
> > display I switched the order of the two in "Modes" -> nothing happens
> >
> > Haven't found anyone else with that problem, and it seems to work for a
> lot
> > of people, so I am quite confused...
> >
> > Could someone help me out on this one please?
> >
> > And while you are it, maybe a short question by the side: how does one
> > switch resolutions? System settings -> Display shows absolutely wrong
> > monitor with wrong resolutions and if I choose something it screws
> xorg.conf
> > up. So I guess if one configures xorg.conf, the System settings ->
> Display
> > option can't be used anymore, right? So the answer would be to switch
> some
> > order in the xorg.conf? Thanks...
>
> Have you looked at the logs to see why the 1600 mode doesn't work? Most
> often it's a lack of video RAM (too high a resolution with too much
> depth).
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