Re: [SLUG] XFree86

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Mar 29 2004 - 23:00:12 EST


On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Russell Hires wrote:

> I've got one for you. My 17" monitor died, so I replaced it with an old Compaq
> 17" monitor. The particular model is 171FS. The funny thing is, it runs in
> Mac OS just fine at 1024x768 resolution, but not in Linux at the same
> resolution. I had to "dumb down" to 800x600 in Linux.
>
> Can anyone help me to figure out how to get a better resolution in Linux? I'm
> running Debian sarge at the moment...

You may get better results by custom-crafting a modeline or mode section.
I use a monitor (Dell something) which is nominally 1280x1024, but which I
have run at 1536x1152 for over a year. Play with xvidtune.

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