Custom Screen Resolution

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 28.12.2003 schrieb Ryan Betts um 08:05:
> well i did what it said and fussed with it for an hour or so but it
> didnt work, any more ideas?
> 
> On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 22:02, Jed wrote:
> > Ryan Betts wrote:
> > 
> > >I'm using a laptop with a WXGA screen and I'm trying to add a custom
> > >resolution of 1280x800 and I cat get it X to recognize the custom
> > >resolution in XF86Config file. Isearched the mailing list but to no
> > >avail. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >Thanx
> > >Ryan
> > >
> > >
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> > For these weird resolutions you need to generate a X modeline 
> > specifically for your monitor, and then put this line into your 
> > XF86Config file.  I used this, 
> > http://xtiming.soureforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
> > 
> > This is how I got X to run at 1280x720.
> > 
> > --
> > Jed

Ryan,

inspect the /var/log/XFree.log file for errors. Where exactly in the
XF86Config file did you enter the modeline?

Alexander


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