Re: 1400x1050 on Intel i852GM?

From: Ritesh Kumar (ritesh_at_cs.unc.edu)
Date: 09/18/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:53:43 -0400

Jesse F. Hughes wrote:
> Ritesh Kumar <ritesh@cs.unc.edu> writes:
>
>
>>Calculate a Modeline for your monitor and directly feed it in. If
>>that doesn't work try running a framebuffer and then your X over
>>it. How to calculate a modeline for you (say once you have got some
>>numbers from a framebuffer module) is given indetail in XFree
>>Documentation. Or, try to get hold of a person who has a similar
>>setup and get hold of his modeline!!
>
>
> Actually, I've tried some of this. We calculated a modeline and put
> it in the Monitor section, with the name "1400x1050". When we ran X,
> however, it still claimed that there was no mode with the name
> "1400x1050". I'm afraid I was bumfuzzled by that response.
>
> I'll keep trying the modeline option, but if I can't get X to
> recognize an explicit modeline in the monitor section, I'm not sure
> what options I have.
>
You could try looking out for a framebuffer for your chipset... that
would give you a lot more insight about what's happenning inside. Or
take a look at the specs (or probe using another OS which has better
drivers). How did you know what were the right numbers for your modeline?

Ritesh 

-- 
Ritesh Kumar    Graduate Student     cs.unc.edu
"The Difference between Insanity and Genius is nothing but of Success"
                                   -- Eliot Carver (Tommorow Never Dies)

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