Re: Configuring X for 8.9 inch Laptop Display

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I think I may have answered my own question.  As I was rereading my 
post to the list, I saw the option "DisplayHeight480."  Would 
uncommenting that option fix my problem?  (Sure wish I'd brought the 
laptop to work with me today!)

Thanks,
Sean

----- Original Message -----
From: theodore.schulze@us.army.mil
Date: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:20 am
Subject: Configuring X for 8.9 inch Laptop Display

> Hello,
> 
> I am looking for help to set up X on a Sony PCG-C1XS laptop.  The 
> difficulty centers on the laptop's non-standard 8.9 inch display.  
> I 
> have used a number of tools, including xf86config, XF86Setup and 
> xfree86config, to try to set it up, but in each case, the end 
> result is 
> a setup that believes it is dealing with a 1024x768 display, when 
> in 
> actuality, what I have is 1024x480.
> 
> The Sony PCG-C1XS uses a NeoMagic MediaMagic 256AV chipset with 
> 2.5M 
> RAM.  I had it working at one time with SuSE 7.x, but since I 
> switched 
> to Slackware 8.1, I am not able to get it working.  There are a 
> couple 
> of web sites linked to the  Linux on Laptops web site that 
> themselves 
> have links to XF86Config files, but these are all XFree86 3.x 
> configuration files, not XFree86 4.x which I have on this machine. 
> 
> Looking through the man page for XF86Config, I don't see (or have 
> overlooked) any mention of how to set the resolution for a non-
> standard 
> display.
> 
> Can you all offer me some advice on where further I could look?  
> Here 
> is a copy of my XF86Config as built by xf86config with the non-
> relevant 
> details removed:
> 
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
> Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> [snip]
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Section "Module"
> Load  "record"
> Load  "extmod"
> Load  "dbe"
> Load  "dri"
> Load  "glx"
> Load  "xtrap"
> Load  "type1"
> Load  "speedo"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> [snip]
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> [snip]
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier   "Monitor0"
> VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName    "Monitor Model"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> ### Available Driver options are:-
> ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
> ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
> ### [arg]: arg optional
> #Option     "NoLinear"           	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "noMMIO"             	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "internDisp"         	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "externDisp"         	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "LcdCenter"          	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "NoStretch"          	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "pciBurst"           	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "Rotate"             	# [<str>]
> #Option     "StrangeLockups"     	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "DisplayHeight480"   	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "progLcdModeRegs"    	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "progLcdModeStretch" 	# [<bool>]
> #Option     "overrideValidateMode" 	# [<bool>]
> Identifier  "Card0"
> Driver      "neomagic"
> VendorName  "Neomagic"
> BoardName   "NM2200"
> BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device     "Card0"
> Monitor    "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth     1
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth     4
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth     8
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth     15
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth     16
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth     24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> I would be grateful for your help.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sean
> 
> 
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