Widescreens and Fedora

Markus Huber humarfedoralists at yahoo.de
Wed Sep 22 19:56:23 UTC 2004


Am Mit, den 22.09.2004 schrieb Peter McDermott um 21:08:
> >You just have to add to xorg.conf:
> >modeline "YOUR MODELINE"
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> One more question: is the modeline added after Modes in SubSection 
> "Display", or somewhere else?

Sorry for missing that out. Three sections are important: "monitor",
"device", and "screen". The modeline is actually in section "monitor". I
paste here an example for the hp7000 (different size, but hps and
compaqs are usually identical. So syntax should be the same, but your
modeline is different (it is not a 1440x900).



---- quote from example for xorg.conf ----

Section "Monitor" 
Identifier "Monitor0" 
VendorName "Monitor Vendor" 
ModelName "LCD Panel 1400x1050" 
# DisplaySize 380 310 
HorizSync 30-64 
VertRefresh 50-100 
Modeline "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync
+Vsync 
Option "dpms" 
EndSection 

Section "Device" 
Identifier "Videocard0" 
Driver "nvidia" 
VendorName "Videocard vendor" 
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" 
Option "NoLogo" "true" 
Option "NvAgp" "3" 
Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" 
Option "TwinView" 
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-120" 
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-75" 
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf" 
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1440x900; 1280x1024,1280x1024;
1024x768,1024x768" 
EndSection 

Section "Screen" 
Identifier "Screen0" 
Device "Videocard0" 
Monitor "Monitor0" 
DefaultDepth 24 
SubSection "Display" 
Depth 24 
Modes "1440x900" 
EndSubSection 
EndSection

----- end of quote ----

Source: http://zd7000forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2859

Under section "monitor" you have the modeline (i still do not remember
how to get it under FC - and i know, it is possible; maybe you find the
modeline for your laptop through a google-search).

Notice in section "Device":
Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"

This is the line which is needed by nvidia-drivers to work properly with
widescreen laptops. nv does not need it.

Notice in section "screen":
Modes "1440x900"

This is the actual resolution you want to have for your screen (with
your figures of course).

Use this syntax with your machine, and it should work. It did the trick
with mine. And Fedora is very beautiful on a widescreen laptop when the
setting of the screen works properly.

Good luck
Markus






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