Marc Aurele La France wrote: > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Tom Williams wrote: > >> Hi! I´ve been running XFree86 4.5.0 on my Linux system since it was >> first release without problems. I replaced an old Nec XE17 monitor with >> a Dell E771a this morning and I can no longer get X to start in >> 1280x1024@60Hz resolution. It will crank up to 1024x768@75Hz (I >> believe) max. > >> I tried running "X -autoconfig" from the command line but I got an error >> about not being able to access a framebuffer mode. No biggie, so I ran >> xf86config and configured the settings for the new monitor that way. > >> Attached are my current XF86Config and XFree86.0.log files. > >> How can I get the resolution back up to 1280x1024@60Hz? > >> Here are the specs on the Dell monitor: > >> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/j51jk/en/specs.htm > >> I did see some entries in XFree86.0.log file which indicated the monitor >> reported 1024x768 as the ¨preferred¨ resolution and that´s what XFree86 >> went with. > > ... then insert the following in the device or monitor (your choice) > section of your XF86Config ... > > Option "UsePreferredMode" "No" > > Marc. That did the trick! Thanks! Peace... Tom _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
