Thanks Mark and everyone else for your pointers on this... I've decided to order this laptop and give it a try - once it arrives in a few weeks I'll let you know how it works!
Thanks again Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Vojkovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "X Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:01 PM Subject: Re: A question about wide aspect panels > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Mark Cuss wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I have a question regarding wide aspect LCD panels and XFree... I'm thinking about a new laptop (a Dell Inpsiron 8500) that was a wide aspect LCD (1920 x 1200). I've never run XFree86 on anything other than a 4:3 ratio monitor, and am wondering if this wide aspect screen would pose a problem? > > > > Should work fine. You just need a good modeline. Use > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/gtf in the server tree. For > example: > > $ gtf 1920 1200 60 > > # 1920x1200 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 74.52 kHz; pclk: 193.16 MHz > Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242 -HSync +Vsync > > > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
