Re: 1600x1200-100Hz on FC2 with Radeon 7000

From: Jan Stedehouder (j.stedehouder_at_hacecenet.nl)
Date: 05/28/04

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    Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 13:38:50 +0200

    "Mattias Honrendgard" <comeand@kissmyfatarse.com> schreef in bericht
    news:dd394218.0405280312.3a474284@posting.google.com...
    > "B.L." <bb@rogers.com> wrote in message
    news:<40B6D42B.2080408@rogers.com>...
    > > Subject: How to get 1600x1200-100Hz on FC2 with Radeon 7000.
    > >
    > > I just installed "Fedora Core 2 release" and the highest
    > > resolution/refresh rate I can get is 1600x1200-85Hz. I run Windows XP on
    > > the same machine and I get 1600x1200-100Hz with the same Radeon 7000 and
    > > monitor HP P1130 without problems. Note: This mode I get on windows with
    > > checkbox checked for displaying only monitor supported refresh rates.
    > > So, the clear conclusion is that this mode is fine with my hardware and
    > > officially supported.
    > >
    > > I tried to find XF86Config, but this file is not anywhere in FC2!?
    > > In general now, I am puzzled how Xconfiguration is supposed to be done
    > > now with FC2!? I tried to figure out how somebody is supposed to
    > > configure additional mode video mode with specific refresh rate.
    > >
    > > Can somebody help me on how to get 1600x1200-100Hz on FC2 with Radeon
    > > 7000 on my monitor HP P1130.
    >
    > You'll need to enter a modeline for your monitor, something like:
    >
    > # V-freq: 100.00 Hz // h-freq: 127.66 KHz
    > Modeline "1600x1200" 417.70 1600 1808 2312 3272 1200 1200 1205 1276
    >
    > XF86Config should be in the /etc/X11 directory, but FC2 may very well
    > do weird things. Don't use it, so can't say for sure.

    I might be mistaken, but didn't FC change X due to license issues. Maybe you
    need something else instead of XH86Config. The release notes speak about a
    new configuration file xorg.conf.

    More info under this link
    http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.7.0/doc/xorg.conf.5.html

    Jan Stedehouder

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