Re: [XFree86] widescreen 1680x1050 resolution

[Dan Mergens <dan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not the expert (as Mark will atest to), but I think you should put 
the 1680x1050 first in your Display SubSection. I think you can put them 
on the same line. Then you should be able to Crtl-Atl-NumKey+ to switch 
between the modes.

amerson wrote:

> Hey Dan and Mark,
>
> thanks for the adivice. I tried what you guys said. I updated XFree to 
> 4.3.0 and installed the newest NVIDIA drivers. I added the Modeline 
> you suggest. However, it still displays a stretch 1280x1024 despite me 
> choosing 1680x1050 in XFreeConfig. I will paste the relevant portions 
> of my XFreeConfig file.
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "Default Layout"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>         InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "fbdevhw"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "record"
>         Load  "freetype"
>         Load  "type1"
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "Apple Cinema"
>         DisplaySize  427        267
>         HorizSync    63.6 - 63.6
>         VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
>         ModeLine     "1680x1050" 147.1 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 
> 1054 1087
>         ModeLine     "1680x1050" 129.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 
> 1054 1680 +hsync +vsync
>         ModeLine     "1680x1050" 151.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 
> 1054 1680 +hsync +vsync
>         ModeLine     "1680x1050" 162.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 
> 1054 1680 +hsync +vsync
>         ModeLine     "1680x1050" 184.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 
> 1054 1680 +hsync +vsync
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     16
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Modes    "800x600"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     16
>                 Modes    "1680x1050"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Group        0
>         Mode         0666
> EndSection
>
> amerson
>
> At 02:22 PM 9/12/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>
> > Since you are in the process of a RedHat 8 install anyway, it would 
> > be worth it to install RedHat 9 instead. The install process is 
> > better than previous versions, although you'll still have to install 
> > the new nvidia driver and customize your XF86Config file as Mark 
> > instructed.
> >
> > Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, amerson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have an Apple Cinema 20" display running on windows. I tried 
> > > > installing RedHat Linux 8.0, got the newest drivers from NVIDIA. 
> > > > The screen's optimal resolution is 1680x1050 but right now, it does 
> > > > a stretched 1280x1024. In the XFree86Config file, the graphics card 
> > > > still has a driver of "vesa", chanigng it to "nv" causes the 
> > > > display to not work at all.
> > >
> > >   The "nv" driver didn't support flat panels until XFree86 4.3.0,
> > > and the "vesa" driver can only do canned standard modes.  I think RH 
> > > 8 only has 4.2.0 or 4.2.1.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > any thoughts on how I can tweak XFree86 to accept this resolution?
> > >
> > >    You either need to upgrade to 4.3.0 (or newer) where the "nv" 
> > > driver will support flat panels, or you should use NVIDIA's binary
> > > drivers.
> > >
> > >   For either you'll need to specify a custom modeline like:
> > >
> > >  Modeline "1680x1050"  147.14  1680 1784 1968 2256  1050 1051 1054 1087
> > >   since XFree86 doesn't have any builtin 1680x1050 modes.
> > >
> > >                         Mark.
> > >
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