On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:24:05 -0700 "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Not too many. I used xorg.conf for our Samsung 17" and 19" monitors. > My son's 22" is on a Windows only machine so no direct experience with > setting up X on that monitor but I suspect it's probably very straight > forward. > > I would suggest that you get out the manual for your new monitor and > find the exact specs - vertical and horizontal sync rates, horizontal > and vertical pixel count, etc., and then approach the X config as a > custom monitor. I've had better luck setting them up that way. > > Keep in mind that with flat panel displays there is only one *real* > pixel count. There is no way to change how many pixels are on the > screen. If your monitor is 1620x1280 native then that's all it runs. > When you set a different resolution in xorg.config then software or > hardware has to make a conversion to the native resolution of the > display. This is different than an old style analog monitor that just > changed how fast it painted pixels and could change the real > resolution. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is I find it best to > first set the monitor up using whatever the actual resolution of the > monitor is and try running that resolution for a few days. If you're > happy with it then stick with it as it's the best picture quality and > the lower system overhead. > > Whatever you do I'm sure you'll be happy. > > Cheers, > Mark Congratz Dave, and thanks Mark. I just replaced my old 15" (or 17"?) CRT with a flat one of the same size but can't get anything above 1024 out of it. Maybe that's just the hardware limit? Configuring monitors in ubuntu hardy heron with a practically empty xorg.conf is even more fun than it used to be.. hooray for 'simplification'. /end rant have fun Philipp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
