Display problem HP zt1180

[Markus Huber]

Will Starck wrote:

> Is there any hope for this laptop, or do I ebay it and buy another?

There is hope ;-)

> Display settings:
> 
> Resolution: 1400 x 1050 24 bit
> Hardware: Monitor type LCD Panel 1400 x 1050
> Video Card: S3 Savage4 (any of the Savage 4s seem to work best)
> 
> and xorg.conf:

> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> 	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1400x1050"
> 	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
> 	VertRefresh  59.0 - 75.0
> 	Option	    "dpms"
> EndSection

I am on a HP zd7000 and xorg.conf needs a modeline in the monitor 
section otherwise 1440x900 does not work.

To get your modeline you need to run gtf as root. In your case:

# gtf 1400 1050 75

The result looks something like:
[root at FC3 ~]# gtf 1440 900 75

   # 1440x900 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 70.50 kHz; pclk: 136.49 MHz
   Modeline "1440x900_75.00"  136.49  1440 1536 1688 1936  900 901 904 
940  -HSync +Vsync

This is for my laptop, so don't copy and paste it. But copy and paste 
_your_ result into the monitor section of xorg.conf.

Here the example of xorg.conf on my laptop (again: do _not_ copy and 
paste _this):

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1440x900"
HorizSync 31.5 - 100.0
VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
Modeline "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync
Option "dpms"
EndSection

For your notebook I found two references for modelines on Linux:
http://homepages.which.net/~adrian.west/pavillion_subpages/thanasis_pavillion_xf86config.html
http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2003/Jul/att-6868/hp-zt1180-XF86Config

And there is a website which can "make" your modeline as well:
http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines

Hope that helps

-- 
Regards
Markus Huber