1680x1050 resolution not working (Fedora Core 2, Dell Inspiron 8600, WSXGA+)
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Mon Aug 16 17:34:07 UTC 2004
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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