Need help with new monitor

[Drew Van Zandt]

You need a *modeline* for 1440x900, not just a mention of it in the
Display subsection.

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Modeline "1440×900″ 132.71 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 901 904 939

--DTVZ

On 1/2/07, Steven W. Orr <steveo at syslang.net> wrote:
> I'm running an old copy of debian sarge. I came in this morning and found
> that someone had taken my old lcd monitor and replaced it with a different
> one that was wider. The new monitor runs at 1440x900 native and I was
> running at 1280x1024. Here's the catch: The specs for the new monitor does
> not give the min and max horiz and vert syn rates. (I kid you not). It's a
> Gateway FPD1975W 19" LCD. I changed the SubSection Display to add the
> native resolution:
>
>          SubSection "Display"
>                  Depth           24
>                  Modes           "1440x1440" "1280x1024"
>          EndSubSection
>
> but if the 1280x1024 is removed then X fails to start with frequency out
> of range. If it's left in then it drops to 1280x1024. The old frequencies
> that are still in the configfile (for lack of anything else to try) are
>
>          HorizSync    30-85
>          VertRefresh  50-160
>
> (seems reasonable)
>
> Does anyone have any clue where to start with this beast?
>
>
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