1440x900 wide screen monitor

[Mick Mearns]

--- Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Pete <pchoppin at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Fedora Core 4
> > 82945G Express Intel Graphics Adapter
> > 
> > Greetings
> > 
> > I just received a ViewSonic wide screen flat panel
> > LCD monitor. 
> > Unfortunately, this model is not available in my
> > monitor list.
> > 
> > I have been told there is a way to configure (i.e.
> > add the dimensions 
> > somehow) this in Linux.  I have searched Google and
> > have not found 
> > anything which is helpful.
> > 
> > Any hints on where to find help on this or if
> > someone is willing to 
> > hand-hold me through a configuration, I would be
> > grateful.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Pete
> > 
Hi;
 I have a Viewsonic VA1912wb.

this is my FC5 /etc/XII/xorg.conf:(note the modeline)
-------------------------------------------------------------
Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1440x900"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    30.0 - 82.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 85.0
	Option	    "dpms"
        Modeline    "1440x900" 97.54  1440 1472 1840 1872 900 919 927
946 
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection
------------------------------------------------------------

and this is the same file in FC6:
# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nv"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
---------------------------------------------------
I use KDE.
To change the screen: F->system->display
Pick your resolution.

Mick M

Death before Decaf!!!

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