I'm currently running a 15" CRT @ 1024x768
I recently purchased an HP 19" widescreen with a native res of 1440x900

I'm using a geforce 2 restricted drivers on Xubuntu Gusty 7.10

Whats the BEST way to try and get 1440x900 working correctly with the least amount of stress ??

I was just going to go to display properties and select a generic flat panel at 1440x900 <--- will this work ??.. it just seems to easy

The reason I ask is because I've seen multiple threads with multiple ways to solve what seems like a simple setup.

any tips would help

thanks

This is not one of the more consistent aspects of Linux.

It might well be just as simple as you think it should be. You probably won't see a lot of threads on those cases, because what would the point of the thread be.

Sometimes it is not that simple. I don't think it is ever very hard. At worst you can edit all the right things into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it will all be right.

Having been through this myself and helped others recently on a bunch of systems in both Linux and Windows, I am quite sure that it is real easy quite a bit more often in Windows than in Linux, but if it is hard in Windows it can be very very hard (buy a new display adapter because you just can't figure out the right way to configure the driver even when Linux configures the old display adapter easily). In Linux, if it is hard, it won't be very hard.

i would certainly try the generic flat panel resolution if you can, make sure it is not going out of scan range, so keep the refresh rate conservative at 60Hz or something close to that. although many 19" lcd wide screens can do 75Hz, i would still stick with 60Hz to be save

I think I'm gonna start by doing "sudo nvidia-settings" and see if theres anything in there, If not i'll try switching the monitor to generic flatpanel

Thanks for the tips thus far..

i'll keep everyone posted on how it goes ... even if it something simple it may help someone else out ..



thanks for the quick replies !!

All I had to do to configure my widescreen was plug it in (everything stretched out @ 1024x768)

restart X
nvidia-settings (auto picked up model of LCD)
change res to 1440x900

up and running

** NOTE: just in case anyone else is thinking about getting a widescreen monitor, Linux is NOT perfect in this respect but it's ALOT better than it was !! and Quake 3 in awesome in widescreen !!

results may vary

this was done on a PIII 866, geforce2 MX, Xubuntu 7.10 running Nvidia closed drivers that Xubuntu auto installed for me.

my 1400x900 widescreen works perfectly with gutsy, especiallly as i dual screen it with a 1024x768 17 inch flatscreen.
need to use the Nvidia driver for 2 screens but works fine.

with one screen only it works with the nv driver (but not vesa)