X86 and Monitor

[Mike A. Harris]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Noah Silva [Mailing list] wrote:

>I have a sun 21 inch monitor, and anaconda couldn't detect it, so I put in
>"Generic CRT -> 1600x1400".  When the install completed, it came up in
>1024x768.  XRandR showed that that was the max.  Looking at XFree86Config,
>that was the highest mode listed.  I assume that if I pick "1600x1400", at
>least up to that res should show up in the config file? (the monitor can
>do 2048x1600 easily).
>
>After editing the XFree86Config file by hand, things worked as expected.

XFree86 does not contain built in video modelines for 1600x1400 
nor for 2048x1600, so you'll have to enter your own video 
modelines in order to use either of those rather obscure 
resolutions.

I'm kindof surprised either resolution is even valid.  ;o)

1600x1200 and 1920x1440 should work though.


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Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat