On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogor...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since I'm years out of practice >>>> fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone point me at the >>>> tools for >>>> 1) Computing a modeline (I understand the quality varies a lot) >>>> 2) Configuring an xorg.conf >>>> >>> >>> Check out x11-apps/amlc -- it has an interactive modeline generator >>> where you tell it the aspect ratio& size of your screen and it spits >>> out modelines for you. You'll still need to fill in the >>> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Does this help any? >> >> Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Screen0" >> Device "Card0" >> Monitor "Monitor0" >> Option "DPMS" "TRUE" >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 4 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 8 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" >> EndSubSection >> >> That's just a part of my xorg.conf. I don't use hal and don't like udev >> doing mine so I still got my full xorg.conf file. If you need more, just >> let me know. Heck, I'll post the whole thing if it will help you any. >> >> Also, have you tried running "X -configure" yet? I used it on another >> machine and it worked pretty well. >> >> Dale > > After creating a basic xorg.conf the modeline should go in the > "Monitor" section. I don't use a modeline now but the only example I > have from my xorg.conf archives are these: > > Section "Monitor" > # 2048x1152 @ 50.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 59.30 kHz; pclk: 162.24 MHz > Modeline "2048x1152_50.00" 162.24 2048 2176 2392 2736 1152 1153 > 1156 1186 -HSync +Vsync > # 2048x1152 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 71.52 kHz; pclk: 197.97 MHz > Modeline "2048x1152_60.00" 197.97 2048 2184 2408 2768 1152 1153 > 1156 1192 -HSync +Vsync > EndSection > > And then in the Screen section like Dale posted you'd use for example > "2048x1152_60.00" as your modeline (or whatever you decided to entitle > your modes). > > At least that's how it used to work. With modern video cards & modern > Xorg/Gnome/KDE it does a pretty good job of autodetecting that kind of > thing so I haven't had to worry about it in a long time. :) > >
My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgrade today. Everything looks larger than usual. As far as this email thread goes, I thought xorg.conf was obsolete.
