FC5 and Dell 2005FPW display

[Steven Stern]

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.