[TriLUG] Widescreen display

[Andrew Perrin]

Folks-

I just got a nice widescreen monitor and would like to get the according 
resolution on it. However, even though (I think) I changed xorg.conf to 
match the monitor, I'm still getting a "stretched" 1280x1024 instead of 
the 1440x900 of which the monitor is capable. Any advice?

Xorg.0.log says:

(II) I810(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): 720x400 at 70Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480 at 60Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480 at 67Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480 at 72Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600 at 56Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600 at 60Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600 at 72Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 832x624 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768 at 60Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768 at 70Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 1280x1024 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 1152x870 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) I810(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): #0: hsize: 1440  vsize 900  refresh: 60  vid: 149
(II) I810(0): #1: hsize: 1440  vsize 900  refresh: 75  vid: 3989
(II) I810(0): #2: hsize: 1280  vsize 1024  refresh: 60  vid: 32897
(II) I810(0): #3: hsize: 1152  vsize 864  refresh: 75  vid: 20337
(II) I810(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) I810(0): clock: 106.5 MHz   Image Size:  408 x 255 mm
(II) I810(0): h_active: 1440  h_sync: 1520  h_sync_end 1672 h_blank_end 
1904 h_border: 0
(II) I810(0): v_active: 900  v_sync: 903  v_sync_end 909 v_blanking: 934 
v_border: 0
(II) I810(0): Serial No: QGU064301416
(II) I810(0): Ranges: V min: 56  V max: 75 Hz, H min: 31  H max: 80 kHz, 
PixClock max 140 MHz
(II) I810(0): Monitor name: Q19wb-2
(II) I810(0): Will use BIOS call 0x5f05 to set refresh rates for CRTs.
(--) I810(0): Maximum space available for video modes: 12288 kByte
(II) I810(0): Using detected DDC timings
(II) I810(0):   HorizSync 31-80
(II) I810(0):   VertRefresh 56-75
...
(II) I810(0): Not using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name)


xorg.conf says:

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier      "Q19wb-2"
         Option          "DPMS"
         DisplaySize     408 255
         HorizSync       31-80
         VertRefresh     56-75
         ModeLine        "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 
934
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier      "Default Screen"
         Device          "Builtin"
         Monitor         "Q19wb-2"
         DefaultDepth    24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           1
                 Modes           "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           4
                 Modes           "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           8
                 Modes           "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           15
                 Modes           "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           16
                 Modes           "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           24
                 Modes           "1440x900" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
EndSection


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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
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