I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x 1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM].
XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz which it seems to default to.
The Gigabyte motherboard shows a max. of 1920 x 1200. I looked in the BIOS settings and don't see anything I recognize as setting this although I may have missed something I suppose.
The system runs F-18/64 and XFCE as I said. This is a new problem to me, usually video settings just work without my attention, I haven't used this monitor before and perhaps it does not identify itself? Dunno.
Suggestions appreciated,
Bob
--
box9 Fedora-18 Linux
On 1/27/2013 11:50 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x 1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM].
XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz which it seems to default to.
The Gigabyte motherboard shows a max. of 1920 x 1200. I looked in the BIOS settings and don't see anything I recognize as setting this although I may have missed something I suppose.
The system runs F-18/64 and XFCE as I said. This is a new problem to me, usually video settings just work without my attention, I haven't used this monitor before and perhaps it does not identify itself? Dunno.
Suggestions appreciated,
Bob
-- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD
box9 Fedora-18 Linux
Good luck with this Bob but if you listen you can hear the crickets.
For me through three 'name brand' monitors Fedora has always suxed at finding the correct monitor resolution. Windows and several other Linux distrobutions do *not* have this problem. For me they find the monitor(s) and setup just fine.
When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option.
Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David:
When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option
welcome to the new "all is working automatically" attitude
On 01/27/2013 01:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David:
When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option
welcome to the new "all is working automatically" attitude
Harald, if you don't have a solution I am lost! :-(
Am 27.01.2013 19:26, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni:
On 01/27/2013 01:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David:
When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option
welcome to the new "all is working automatically" attitude
Harald, if you don't have a solution I am lost! :-(
well you can write modeset by hand but i would have to google too in this case, in fact there is no xorg.conf needed and existing, but you can use /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ to place whatever you need for xorg.conf parts like in my case xvnc
[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/02-vnc.conf Section "Module" Load "vnc" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Option "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd" EndSection
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 11:50:49AM -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x 1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM].
XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz which it seems to default to.
Have you tried using xrandr? The command below should give you all available modes:
$ xrandr -q
I usually try things with xrandr to see if it is indeed working before trying out other things.
Hope this helps,
On 01/27/2013 01:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ to place whatever you need for xorg.conf parts like in my case xvnc
[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/02-vnc.conf Section "Module" Load "vnc" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Option "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd" EndSection
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ is there for keyboard.conf so I added monitor.conf to the directory:
[bobg@Box9:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d]$ll total 8 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 161 Dec 29 12:49 00-anaconda-keyboard.conf -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 617 Jan 27 14:43 10-monitor.conf
Then a copy paste from an Xorg page google found changing the resolution rates:
[bobg@Box9:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d]$cat 10-monitor.conf Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "vesa" #Choose the driver used for this monitor EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" #Collapse Monitor and Device section to Screen section Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 #Choose the depth (16||24) SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1680x1050_60.00" #Choose the resolution EndSubSection EndSection
I am way out of my skill level here but does this look any where near what it needs? If so how do I get this to run?
Bob
On 1/27/2013 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David:
When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option
welcome to the new "all is working automatically" attitude
Yeah. Thanks.
I stuck around for several releases hoping that someone would fix this. But no. Nothing.
It does not really make any difference but I have found a different Linux distribution, one of the ones that I mentioned in my first post, that actually finds and configures my monitor. It has done so for years. It finds it as a 'Generic' monitor but all of the settings are made correctly. Automatically. In their 'Display Setup' I can find my monitor by manufacturer name and model along with a more complete listing of the exact settings.
I keep wondering why o don't switch. Masochist i guess. :-(
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9
And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote:
It does not really make any difference but I have found a different Linux distribution, one of the ones that I mentioned in my first post, that actually finds and configures my monitor. It has done so for years. It finds it as a 'Generic' monitor but all of the settings are made correctly. Automatically. In their 'Display Setup' I can find my monitor by manufacturer name and model along with a more complete listing of the exact settings.
I keep wondering why o don't switch. Masochist i guess. :-(
-- David
Many of us don't switch because of this mail list ... Expert help is invaluable.
Bob
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 03:54:32PM -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
No I think you are doing things properly, if Fedora cannot detect the correct modes for the monitor (as shown by the output) then xrandr will not help. I would look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues. If you are using KVM switches, that might also be a reason.
Here is an excerpt from my Xorg.0.log on my ThinkPad to give you an idea:
intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1 intel(0): Manufacturer: LEN Model: 4011 Serial#: 0 intel(0): Year: 2009 Week: 0 intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[...]
intel(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS1 intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x60.0 69.30 1280 1304 1336 1408 800 804 808 820 +hsync +vsync (49.2 kHz eP) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x50.1 57.79 1280 1304 1336 1408 800 804 808 820 +hsync +vsync (41.0 kHz e) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d)
[...]
Hope this helps,
On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote:
On 1/27/2013 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David:
When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option
welcome to the new "all is working automatically" attitude
Yeah. Thanks.
I stuck around for several releases hoping that someone would fix this. But no. Nothing.
It does not really make any difference but I have found a different Linux distribution, one of the ones that I mentioned in my first post, that actually finds and configures my monitor. It has done so for years. It finds it as a 'Generic' monitor but all of the settings are made correctly. Automatically. In their 'Display Setup' I can find my monitor by manufacturer name and model along with a more complete listing of the exact settings.
I keep wondering why o don't switch. Masochist i guess. :-(
Just out of curiosity, and for future reference, what distro might you be talking about? I missed the first posting...sorry!
EGO II
On 1/27/2013 4:07 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote:
It does not really make any difference but I have found a different Linux distribution, one of the ones that I mentioned in my first post, that actually finds and configures my monitor. It has done so for years. It finds it as a 'Generic' monitor but all of the settings are made correctly. Automatically. In their 'Display Setup' I can find my monitor by manufacturer name and model along with a more complete listing of the exact settings.
I keep wondering why o don't switch. Masochist i guess. :-(
-- David
Many of us don't switch because of this mail list ... Expert help is invaluable.
Perhaps.
There is an excellent list for the distro that I am considering. And *no* it is *not* Ubuntu or any of it's off shoots,
I see much good help here mostly. But the 'other list' seldom offers 'try this it work' suggestions since most of the answers are from the actual developers and package maintainers. They follow their one list closely.
Good luck with your problem. IMHO? Reindl Harald's is the best suggestion so far. However you need to have the knowledge to write your own init script for you system's video to use his suggestion.
On 1/27/2013 4:28 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote:
On 1/27/2013 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Yeah. Thanks.
I stuck around for several releases hoping that someone would fix this. But no. Nothing.
It does not really make any difference but I have found a different Linux distribution, one of the ones that I mentioned in my first post, that actually finds and configures my monitor. It has done so for years. It finds it as a 'Generic' monitor but all of the settings are made correctly. Automatically. In their 'Display Setup' I can find my monitor by manufacturer name and model along with a more complete listing of the exact settings.
I keep wondering why o don't switch. Masochist i guess. :-(
Just out of curiosity, and for future reference, what distro might you be talking about? I missed the first posting...sorry!
EGO II
It is not considered proper to mention 'other' distros by name on 'other' mailing lists.
If you are really interested my email address here is a working address. Well it forwards to another but that is unimportant. If you email me, privately, from a working address I will give you the name and URL.
Your choice.
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:54:32 -0500 "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" bobgoodwin@wildblue.net wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9
And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
Ok, that won't work for two reasons: (1) you misspelled "LVGA", it should be "VGA-0", and (2) the X server failed to detect your monitor resolutions properly.
The latter is the real problem. Start by posting the output of
lspci | grep VGA
so that we know which graphics hardware you have. Then, tell us if you are using any KVM-like equipment between the monitor and the computer. If you do, disconnect it and connect the monitor directly to the graphics card. Next, post the output of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if there is one), and possibly the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ . Finally, send us the output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (it can be big, maybe put it in pastebin and send us the link).
The /var/log/Xorg.0.log is the most important piece, it can be very helpful if you know where to look. :-)
After we examine the logs, and find the real reason why your monitor's resolutions aren't properly detected, then we can discuss how to fix the issue best and what (if anything) to put into xorg.conf, etc.
Troubleshooting X issues always starts with the hardware, the graphics drivers and the log files.
HTH, :-) Marko
On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9
And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
Heya,
$ man cvt $ man xrandr
$ xrandr --newmode "640x480R" 23.50 640 688 720 800 480 483 487 494 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "800x600R" 35.50 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 618 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1024x768R" 56.00 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 790 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x960R" 85.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 960 963 967 988 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x1024R" 90.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1054 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1440x900R" 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1920x1080R" 138.50 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
CVT(Coordinated Video Timings) with R(reduced blanking intervals) modes ONLY for LCDs at 'VertRefresh' 60 Hz.
Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR …
/usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0
Cheers, poma
On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote:
On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9
And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
Heya,
$ man cvt $ man xrandr
$ xrandr --newmode "640x480R" 23.50 640 688 720 800 480 483 487 494 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "800x600R" 35.50 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 618 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1024x768R" 56.00 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 790 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x960R" 85.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 960 963 967 988 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x1024R" 90.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1054 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1440x900R" 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1920x1080R" 138.50 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
CVT(Coordinated Video Timings) with R(reduced blanking intervals) modes ONLY for LCDs at 'VertRefresh' 60 Hz.
Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR …
/usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0
Cheers, poma
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed masses' that it should make it easy for them to use Linux. Ya think?
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 09:02:21PM -0500, David wrote:
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed masses' that it should make it easy for them to use Linux. Ya think?
I haven't been paying close attention to all the threads, but I believe you have mentioned this a few times on a few threads. If you dislike Fedora so much why spend time posting on the Fedora users' list?
On 1/27/2013 9:33 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 09:02:21PM -0500, David wrote:
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed masses' that it should make it easy for them to use Linux. Ya think?
I haven't been paying close attention to all the threads, but I believe you have mentioned this a few times on a few threads. If you dislike Fedora so much why spend time posting on the Fedora users' list?
Ya know. Now that I really consider it that is a damn good question.
You know what? You keep your broken toy. I'll move on to something that works without a knowledge of magic incantations and the use of smoke an mirrors.
On 01/27/2013 06:02 PM, David wrote:
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Bad or missing resolutions are pretty much always invalid EDID information provided by the hardware. Windows tends to use information provided by the INF files to correct bad data, where X.org expects hardware to provide information that's accurate. I'd agree that the ability to read errata in the form of an INF would be an appropriate addition to X.org, but I hardly thing that behaving according to the limitations that hardware indicates means that X.org or Fedora is broken. Hardware that provides bad EDID clearly is.
On 1/27/2013 10:06 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 01/27/2013 06:02 PM, David wrote:
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Bad or missing resolutions are pretty much always invalid EDID information provided by the hardware. Windows tends to use information provided by the INF files to correct bad data, where X.org expects hardware to provide information that's accurate. I'd agree that the ability to read errata in the form of an INF would be an appropriate addition to X.org, but I hardly thing that behaving according to the limitations that hardware indicates means that X.org or Fedora is broken. Hardware that provides bad EDID clearly is.
I am aware of that. So why does Mageia, and several other distributions, find the same three different monitors. One CRT and two LEDs. Mageia finds they all and the latest LED by name and model but all three as 'Generic' have the proper settings. *AND' Mageia's system configuration utility lists them by name and model. All selectible and configurable.
I mentioned system-config-display being able to fix this in Fedora. The Fedora Wizards killed it. I have mentioned this problem before and the usual responses are silence or 'your stuff is broken and we are right'.
I have tried to be nice and polite. But IMHO? Fedora's 'stuff' is broken.
Bob Goodwin:
I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x 1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM].
XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz which it seems to default to.
The Gigabyte motherboard shows a max. of 1920 x 1200.
When I installed Fedora 17, I couldn't get it to run the display at the resolution I wanted. I located a ~/.config/monitors.xml file that Gnome (at least) paid attention to, and wrote my resolution into its width and height parameters. That worked. Then I copied the file into /etc/skel/.config/monitors.xml, so that all new user accounts get that resolution, by default, automatically.
Automatic detection works by getting the list of resolutions from the monitor (width, height, and scan frequencies), doing the same for the graphics card, and choosing the highest resolution out of the ones that are common between the two lists.
The list of supported resolutions that it uses, or lets you pick from, only includes the ones those common ones. For instance, if your monitor only supported 1280 by 1084 at 60 Hz, and your graphics card only supported 1280 by 1084 at 80 Hz, then you wouldn't be able to use 1280 by 1084, at all. And that's simplifying it, I've only mentioned the vertical scan rates, the horizontal scan rates have to match, as well.
On 01/28/2013 03:02 AM, David wrote:
On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote:
On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9
And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
Heya,
$ man cvt $ man xrandr
$ xrandr --newmode "640x480R" 23.50 640 688 720 800 480 483 487 494 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "800x600R" 35.50 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 618 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1024x768R" 56.00 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 790 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x960R" 85.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 960 963 967 988 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x1024R" 90.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1054 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1440x900R" 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1920x1080R" 138.50 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
CVT(Coordinated Video Timings) with R(reduced blanking intervals) modes ONLY for LCDs at 'VertRefresh' 60 Hz.
Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR …
/usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0
Cheers, poma
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed masses' that it should make it easy for them to use Linux. Ya think?
Feber est suae quisque fortunae.
Cheers, poma
On 1/27/2013 11:21 PM, poma wrote:
On 01/28/2013 03:02 AM, David wrote:
On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote:
On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9
And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
Heya,
$ man cvt $ man xrandr
$ xrandr --newmode "640x480R" 23.50 640 688 720 800 480 483 487 494 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "800x600R" 35.50 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 618 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1024x768R" 56.00 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 790 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x960R" 85.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 960 963 967 988 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x1024R" 90.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1054 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1440x900R" 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1920x1080R" 138.50 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
CVT(Coordinated Video Timings) with R(reduced blanking intervals) modes ONLY for LCDs at 'VertRefresh' 60 Hz.
Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR …
/usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0
Cheers, poma
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed masses' that it should make it easy for them to use Linux. Ya think?
Feber est suae quisque fortunae.
Cheers, poma
F/a/ber est suae quisque fortunae
Your 'e' should be an 'a'
But a good point. However. But my point was that if Linux ever expects to become useful and commonly accepted it needs to work for 'the common user' in 'the common environment'. Workable without the need of incantations, magic scripts, candles burning on stone alters where chickens are killed and their blood captured in special stone bowls to just 'make it work'.
Means? Install it and the devices are found and configured. The monitor works as it should.
On 01/28/2013 05:44 AM, David wrote:
On 1/27/2013 11:21 PM, poma wrote:
On 01/28/2013 03:02 AM, David wrote:
On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote:
On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9
And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
Heya,
$ man cvt $ man xrandr
$ xrandr --newmode "640x480R" 23.50 640 688 720 800 480 483 487 494 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "800x600R" 35.50 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 618 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1024x768R" 56.00 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 790 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x960R" 85.25 1280 1328 1360 1440 960 963 967 988 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1280x1024R" 90.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1054 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1440x900R" 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync $ xrandr --newmode "1920x1080R" 138.50 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
CVT(Coordinated Video Timings) with R(reduced blanking intervals) modes ONLY for LCDs at 'VertRefresh' 60 Hz.
Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR …
/usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0
Cheers, poma
Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files.
Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed masses' that it should make it easy for them to use Linux. Ya think?
Feber est suae quisque fortunae.
Cheers, poma
F/a/ber est suae quisque fortunae
Your 'e' should be an 'a'
Prissy :)
But a good point. However. But my point was that if Linux ever expects to become useful and commonly accepted it needs to work for 'the common user' in 'the common environment'. Workable without the need of incantations, magic scripts, candles burning on stone alters where chickens are killed and their blood captured in special stone bowls to just 'make it work'.
Means? Install it and the devices are found and configured. The monitor works as it should.
xrandr is just simple tool :) The magic is in the efforts of developers to make something like that. Please, do not take things for granted.
No retreat, no surrender. poma
On 01/27/2013 08:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher. [root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 And I have had no success with the commands to change it like: $xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60 Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance.
your 'equipment' maybe rated higher, but the 'xrandr -q' is actually showing how it is being seen.
note that it is showing 'VGA-0' as your connection and it may not give you higher resolutions.
because it is showing '1024x768x60' as maximum, that may well be best that you will get in 'VGA' mode. which is caused by video chip and it's outputs.
also, try '--screen 1680x1050' instead of '--mode 1680x1050'.
something else to consider, try 'man xrandr' to see where you should be using '--' or '-'.
try 'locate xrandr' to see if you have a 'Documents' file and read it.
2013-01-28 01:31, poma skrev:
Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR …
Where can I put such scipt if I am running gdm in F18 (Gnome 3.x)?
/usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0
Cheers, poma
On 02/02/2013 02:17 PM, Jon Ingason wrote:
2013-01-28 01:31, poma skrev:
Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR …
Where can I put such scipt if I am running gdm in F18 (Gnome 3.x)?
/etc/gdm/Init/Default: …
PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH" OLD_IFS=$IFS
# ViewSonic VX2035wm - Gigabyte IGP xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1
gdmwhich () { …
If it works with xrandr, it is good practice to tailor xorg.conf thereafter. /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Section "Monitor" Identifier "ViewSonic VX2035wm" Modeline "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +HSync -VSync Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050R" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Gigabyte IGP" Driver "driver" Option "Monitor-VGA-0" "ViewSonic VX2035wm" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Gigabyte IGP" Monitor "ViewSonic VX2035wm" EndSection
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" EndSection
man xorg.conf - MONITOR SECTION
/usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050R >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0
Cheers, poma
On 01/28/2013 04:54 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
xrandr -q
No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher.
[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9And I have had no success with the commands to change it like:
$xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong out of ignorance
You didn't mention what type of video hardware you have or I just couldn't find that message.
If your hardware driver is the intel driver then information from the "test" list may be useful. In the thread "F18 doesn't see full laptop screen resolution" the information/solution was as follows.
Check the Xorg.0.log file or your grub setup to see if nomodeset appears in the boot params.
Intel driver does not work with nomodeset on cmdline, so X falls back to VESA, which doesn't do widescreen modes.
1280x1024 is usually the highest available VESA mode.
The OP for that thread removed nomodeset and this resolved his problems
On 02/02/2013 11:40 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
You didn't mention what type of video hardware you have or I just couldn't find that message.
The monitor in question was a Viewsonic VX2035WM spec'd to work at 1680x1050 @60Hz. the video is on board, apparently ATI-Radeon and the motherboard is a low end Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 spec'd for 1920x1200.
Presently the problem has been worked around by putting back the original monitor. I thought the Viewsonic had whiter white and I need all the contrast I can get.
If your hardware driver is the intel driver then information from the "test" list may be useful. In the thread "F18 doesn't see full laptop screen resolution" the information/solution was as follows.
Check the Xorg.0.log file or your grub setup to see if nomodeset appears in the boot params.
I suspect the configuration changes when the system "sees" a new monitor? I see no "nomodeset" there with the Dell monitor presently installed which is running at 1280x1024 [a different aspect ratio] but I may have missed it.
Intel driver does not work with nomodeset on cmdline, so X falls back to VESA, which doesn't do widescreen modes.
1280x1024 is usually the highest available VESA mode.
The ViewSonic monitor is presently connected to a server that suffered a kernel panic after I stopped a system update too soon! That solved it is presently running at 1024x768 as a generic monitor a similar low end Intel motherboard with on board video also. I bought two similar boards and put them in rack mount enclosures. They have the microprocessors soldered in at manufacture. Both work well for what they are doing but are slow compared to this computer.
On the Intel board all I see in Xorg.0.log for Loadmodule is Intel, vesa, and fbdev. I guess that's where the nomodeset would appear, in any case I haven't made any such change myself. And the Intel board is running SL6, I don't have the board spec's at hand but is imagine they are similar to the video on the Gigabyte board and the monitor should run at higher rates than it is now?
The OP for that thread removed nomodeset and this resolved his problems
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