1152x870 display resolution

[Robert Marcano]

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 13:23, Felix Miata wrote:
> Robert Marcano wrote:
>  
> > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 12:36, Andy Green wrote:
> 
> > > On Friday 14 November 2003 16:17, Robert Marcano wrote:
> 
> > > > I correct my previous post, i am able to use 1280x1024 but nothing
> > > > between 1024x768 and 1280x1024 (1280x1024 has a slow refresh rate on
> > > > this monitor, but at 1152x870 is unnoticeable)
> 
> > > unnoticeable... ie, doesn't work?
>  
> > I mean than on RH9 it worked and that the slow refresh rate was
> > unnoticeable (sorry for my bad English)
>  
> > > > I tried adding ModeLines but it didn't works
> 
> > > > (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1152x870" (no mode of this name)
> 
> > > My guess is this is telling you what you need to know... XF86 can't see your
> > > modeline by the look of things.
> 
> > > Where did you put the modeline statement and what does it say?
> 
> > Section "Monitor"
> >         Identifier   "Monitor0"
> >         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> >         ModelName    "IBM P70"
> >         DisplaySize  330        240
> >         HorizSync    29.0 - 82.0
> >         VertRefresh  50.0 - 120.0
> >         Option      "dpms"
> >         UseModes    "P70Modes"
> > EndSection
>  
> > Section "Modes"
> >   Identifier "P70Modes"
> >   Modeline "1152x870" 78.09 1152 1168 1384 1568 870 870 878 909
> >   #Modeline "1152x870" 84.52 1152 1168 1384 1568 870 870 878 909
> > EndSection
> 
> I've never seen 1152x870 on any system. Standard aspect is 4/3. That's
> what 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 1400x1050 and 1600x1200 are. 1280x1024
> is a bastard child 5/4 ratio. 1152 wide should be 864 high, which is one
> option on some of my systems. Have you tried 1152x864? How about
> 1280x960, which is also 4/3?

Yes I tried them using the redhat-config-xfree program, it didn't work.
I began to try with 1152x870 because the monitor notifies about this
capability to xfree, not 1152x864 that if i remember correctly was the
option on RH9 that I was using