On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 24 August 2010 11:23, Adam Carter <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> No. I ditched my xorg.conf completely; it had been there just because >> >> I >> >> couldn't get the Westinghouse monitor to work without it. The Xorg >> >> logs >> >> show it recognizes a boatload of >> >> modes that the monitor likes, but gives an alibi for not using the HD >> >> ones. The approach >> >> does not seem promising. >> >> >> >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log attached. I'm paying attention to lines 269 295 >> >> 327 >> >> 369 377 380 and 381 >> >> >> >> 269: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2008 2052 >> >> 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz) >> >> 295: (II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 172.80 1920 2040 2248 >> >> 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz) >> >> 327: (II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7931 is >> >> 1920x1080 >> >> 369: (II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient >> >> memory for mode) >> >> 377: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode >> >> clock/interlace/doublescan) >> >> 380: (II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode >> >> clock/interlace/doublescan) >> >> 381: (WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to >> >> 1280x1024 >> >> >> > >> > I assume 269 and 295 are related to 377 and 380. I remember i had a lot >> > of >> > pain getting a Geforce 440MX to do 16:9, but it was all in the >> > modelines. >> > There are some modeline calculators on the web, but be warned that some >> > of >> > them produce bad output. I did eventually get it to work after a lot of >> > trial and error. >> > >> > Also because of this; >> > >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 30.00-85.00 kHz >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using vrefresh range of 55.00-75.00 >> > Hz >> > (II) MACH64(0): <default monitor>: Using maximum pixel clock of 160.00 >> > MHz >> > >> > >> > you may need to set the ranges in your xorg.conf instead. check the >> > monitors >> > specs first tho. >> >> What does xrandr -q show? >> -- >> Regards, >> Mick >> > > treat log # xrandr -q > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1440 x 1024 > default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm > 1280x1024 60.0* > 1440x900 60.0 > 1280x960 60.0 > 1152x864 75.0 > 1024x768 75.0 70.0 60.0 > 896x672 60.0 > 832x624 75.0 > 800x600 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 65.0 > 700x525 75.0 60.0 > 640x512 75.0 60.0 > 640x480 75.0 73.0 67.0 60.0 > 720x400 70.0 > 576x432 75.0 > 512x384 75.0 70.0 60.0 > 416x312 75.0 > 400x300 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 > 320x240 75.0 73.0 60.0 > treat log #
Until you can replace the video card, maybe you can come up with a modeline for a lower resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio, such as: 852x480 1280x720 1365x768 1600x900 It wouldn't be optimal, but at least it would fill your screen without being stretched strangely.
