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setting proper resolution on my lcd

Hi folks,

just got a brnad new dell 1905fp, which mostly works great.  Having
trouble getting it to display at its native 1280x1024, though.
Instead I seem to have it at 1162x1054, which would be fine, but the
fonts look a little bit unsharp.  

I've messed around a bit with my xorg.conf, (I'm running sid, a little
out of date, still have 6.8.2-dfsg.1-9 installed) but none of the
changes I make seem to help with this particular problem.  Here are
the relevant bits of my xorg.conf (lots of extraneous stuff snipped:

----------------------
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"geforce 4 ddr"
	Driver		"nv"
#	Screen 0
	BusID		"PCI:01:00:00"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "DELL 1905FP"
#	VendorName  "DELL"
#	ModelName "Dell 1905FB (Analog)"
	Option "DPMS"
	HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
	VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
EndSection


Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"geforce 4 ddr"
        Monitor         "Dell 1905FP"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	    Screen 		"Default Screen"
#	    Screen             "TVOUT"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection
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so, I'm using the Free nv drivers on my geforce 4 mx 440 (aging now),
with the modelines you see there.  For some reason my screen
nonetheless defaults to 1152x864 (which IS listed as an option in
other screen sections of xorg.conf, but is clearly not present in
this one).  

So I cruised through xorg's log at /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and found osme
interesting stuff:

-----------
(--) NV(0): DDC detected a CRT:
                           ^ I doubt this is the problem, but
			   shouldn't this read "LCD?"
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer: DEL  Model: 400c  Serial#: 1111896398
(II) NV(0): Year: 2005  Week: 45
(II) NV(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) NV(0): Analog Display Input,  Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
--
(II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1280x1024@75Hz

--
[then clustered in with lots of "Not using" lines:  
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(WW) (1600x1200,DELL 1905FP) mode clock 162MHz exceeds DDC maximum
140MHz
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (vrefresh out of range)
(WW) (1400x1050,DELL 1905FP) mode clock 151MHz exceeds DDC maximum
140MHz
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(WW) (1680x1050,DELL 1905FP) mode clock 147.14MHz exceeds DDC maximum
140MHz
(WW) (1920x1200,DELL 1905FP) mode clock 193.16MHz exceeds DDC maximum
140MHz
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(II)
---
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (width too large for
virtual size)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (width too large for
virtual size)

(--) NV(0): Virtual size is 1152x864 (pitch 1152)
(**) NV(0): *Default mode "1152x864": 108.0 MHz, 67.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
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So, I don't know much about this, but the display seems to think
1280x1024 is too big -- which I'm pretty sure is false.

googling around I found this thread from July 2005:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2005/06/msg00490.html
but had trouble interpreting it &/or using it as a guide.  Does this
perhaps suggest I should upgrade my xserver-xorg packages?

anyway, all hel as usual thankfully received.

Matt


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