hollunder@xxxxxx wrote: > 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? Check your manual, but a lot of the lower-end 17" LCDs are 1024x768 max. My server has a display adapter that can do 2048x1536 or something like that ... it'll be a long time before I can afford an LCD that can handle that! -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
