Bob Sanders schreef: > > Why should the driver disallow valid modes? Both ATI and Nvidia drivers do > so - > > ATI - won't do 1600x1024, monitor SGI FP1600SW > Nvidia - won't do 1280x768, monitor Viewsonic N1700W >
This question made me wonder if it was the *video card* or the *monitor driver* that is actually disallowing these modes. Now, $DEITY forbid I should mix into this heated discussion (despite myself being an ATI user with a fair number of opinions on the subject). However, I cannot fail to notice that this in some ways parallels my experience with my fairly normal Eizo FlexScan F550i-W. The long and the short of it is that the monitor is perfectly capable of doing [EMAIL PROTECTED] but Eizo doesn't want me to (probably because of the @60), so they limit their drivers to only allow resolutions up to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Under both Windows and Linux, using any video card (this ATI card replaced a Matrox G400), if I choose the Eizo monitor by name in the config, I will not be shown any option above 1024x768. In order to run the monitor at 1280x1024 (which is the resolution I use, and am using), I have to (under Windows) choose an SVGA monitor @ 1280x1024, or (under Linux), put in my Horizontal and Vertical scan ranges manually (and not choose the monitor by name, or under SuSE I can do that, as long as I also put the scan ranges in by hand). So my point is-- I completely admit that I don't know anything about this at all, but I do know (from experience) that resolutions that the monitor is capapble of can be disabled by the manufacturer's released drivers, which can be limited to below the monitor's actual specs, probably to provide a "better user experience". Is it possible that your issue is not really with the proprietary video card drivers at all, but with the proprietary monitor drivers? Holly -- [email protected] mailing list
