Suse 10.2 Dell 2405 and getting 1920 x 1200 to display properly
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which doesn't cause the error "cannot display this mode" but it still isn't displaying at 1920 x 1200. According to the Monitor is running at 1600 x 1200 and the screen looks horrid.
Changing it in yast makes no difference so what now???
SuSE has a nice utility for seting the display. It's called sax2. Give that a try. You can run it with or without X running. I had better experience with it when I did not have X running. You can boot into run level 1 to get SuSE to run in console mode, then log on as root, then start sax2.
well I tried with init 3 after making sure x was killed off and just got back to square one.
Since then I've run xorgconfig which has given me a screen at 1600 x 1200 which I can put up with but I'd still like to get 1920 x 1200. I'll come back tomorrow with the new xorg.conf file it generated. I'm off to get some shut eye right now.
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.
# Chipset "generic"
# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.
Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Intel 810"
Monitor "Dell"
DefaultDepth 24
Given up for now. I'm running on an analogue cable by the way as my other pc is plugged in to the DVI connection.
I don't think I'm going to get this to work at the correct res.
Xorg might be trying to give you its 'best' refresh rate, ie, 75Hz - which, as you point out, the Dell screen will not sync to. To restrict it to 60Hz, try telling it lies. Put this line in instead:
Quote:
VertRefresh 56.0-61.0
A long shot, but worth a try. I had to resort to this type of trick to force Xorg to 60Hz when my desktop LCD monitor kept complaining about the 'non-optimal' 75Hz refresh rate being fed to it, when the VertRefresh line was: 56.0-75.0.
Your 'Monitor' section has this line:
Xorg might be trying to give you its 'best' refresh rate, ie, 75Hz - which, as you point out, the Dell screen will not sync to. To restrict it to 60Hz, try telling it lies. Put this line in instead:
A long shot, but worth a try. I had to resort to this type of trick to force Xorg to 60Hz when my desktop LCD monitor kept complaining about the 'non-optimal' 75Hz refresh rate being fed to it, when the VertRefresh line was: 56.0-75.0.
I tried 50-60 and it still stuck at 1600x1200 but with very distorted fonts.
Anyway last night I spotted some more updates for sax2 which broke sax2 altogether. That won't even load now. Fantastic.
There are a few problems with your xorg.conf file. In the 'monitor' section, this line:
Quote:
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.SubSection "Display"
should be two separate lines, like this:
Quote:
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
SubSection "Display"
In the 'graphics device' section, this line:
Quote:
# Clocks 25.2 28.3SubSection "Display"
should also be two separate lines, like this:
Quote:
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
SubSection "Display"
Does your xorg.conf file actually have those lines combined? Or was this just caused by the way you transferred the contents of the xorg.conf file to this thread? If it really looks like that, you should edit it to fix those errors.
The 'monitor' section makes no mention of display size. You could add this line:
Quote:
DisplaySize 518 324
As well, although the 'monitor' and 'graphics device' sections define a 1920x1200 mode at depth 24, this is missing from the 'screen' section. In the 'screen' section, try changing:
After you've finished editing the file, log out, press the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination (this kills the Xserver and restarts a new one), log in to the new version of X, then see if you can select 1920x1200. Hope this helps.
There are a few problems with your xorg.conf file. In the 'monitor' section, this line:
should be two separate lines, like this:
In the 'graphics device' section, this line:
should also be two separate lines, like this:
Does your xorg.conf file actually have those lines combined? Or was this just caused by the way you transferred the contents of the xorg.conf file to this thread? If it really looks like that, you should edit it to fix those errors.
The 'monitor' section makes no mention of display size. You could add this line:
As well, although the 'monitor' and 'graphics device' sections define a 1920x1200 mode at depth 24, this is missing from the 'screen' section. In the 'screen' section, try changing:
to:
After you've finished editing the file, log out, press the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination (this kills the Xserver and restarts a new one), log in to the new version of X, then see if you can select 1920x1200. Hope this helps.
Because I copied and pasted it. Anyway since doing it from the command prompt it's written a slightly different xorg.conf and this seems to work . So applying the rule if it ain't broke don't fix it I'm leaving well alone.
Interesting since I've done this the whole Linux is much quicker in response. Weird.
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Monitor--> Change /-->LCD/ 1920X1200@75HZ
