FC5 and Dell 2005FPW display

[Robert L Cochran]

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> Serge wrote:
>
>> Steven Stern wrote:
>>
>>> Configured FC5 to use my Dell 2005FPW display at 1680x1050.  I wind 
>>> up with the monitor acting like a window on a much larger screen. 
>>> Moving the mouse to the edges displays everything, but I'm not 
>>> seeing everything at once.
>>>
>>> Has anyone got a working xorg.conf for this monitor?
>>>
>>
>> I have it and it works fine after you add the following to your 
>> xorg.conf (You should only need 1680x1050 in the Display subsection 
>> for 24 bit colour)
>>
>> Section "Modes"
>>     Identifier         "16:10"
>>     ModeLine     "1680x1050" 146.2 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 
>> 1087 -hsyn
>> c -vsync
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>     Identifier     "Monitor0"
>>     VendorName     "Monitor Vendor"
>>     ModelName      "Dell 2005FPW (Analog)"
>>     UseModes       "16:10"
>>     HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
>>     VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
>>     Option         "dpms"
>> EndSection
>> Section "Screen"
>>     Identifier     "Screen0"
>>     Device         "Videocard0"
>>     Monitor        "Monitor0"
>>     DefaultDepth    24
>>     Option         "Overlay" "True"
>>     SubSection     "Display"
>>         Viewport    0 0
>>         Depth       16
>>         Modes      "800x600" "640x480"
>>     EndSubSection
>>     SubSection     "Display"
>>         Viewport    0 0
>>         Depth       24
>>         Modes      "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" 
>> "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>>     EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>> Serge
>>
> I tried using "Generic LCD 1680x1050" and any setting that puts the 
> width at 1600 or greater screws up.  I wonder if the problem is the 
> Intel graphics controller.  The monitor reports being in various modes 
> like 1024x768, despite the setting in xorg.conf.
>
Are you using the video card that Dell recommends you use? That can make 
all the difference.

Bob Cochran