Re: is my monitor working at full resolution....?
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 05:03:31PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
>
> Dear folks,
>
> I am running an HW191D monitor I got from Novatech on my AMD Duron 1200MHz 32 bit box under Debian Etch.
>
>
> I also run the same monitor on an AMD64 box with a Nvidia graphics chipset in it. It runs Debian Lenny. The nvidia card is working properly.
>
> I am not sure whether either box is running the HW191D monitor at the resolution it is capable of.
>
> The xorg.conf file from the AMD Duron box is:
>
> debian:/etc/X11# more xorg.conf
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
> # again, run the following command:
> # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Section "Files"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> # path to defoma fonts
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630/730 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter"
> Driver "sis"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "HW191D"
> Option "DPMS"
> HorizSync 30-80
> VertRefresh 49-75
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630/730 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter"
> Monitor "HW191D"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "Default Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
> debian:/etc/X11#
> debian:/etc/X11#
>
> As far as I am aware the resolution it is supposed to run at is 1920 x 1440.
>
> I am a bit puzzled as to why these lower resolutions are present in the file..... Maybe they should be deleted......?????
>
> Suggestions on how to know that your monitor really is working at full tilt would be appreciated.
Post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.
The native resolution of that screen is 1440x900, so that is what you
should run it at. Since that isn't in your list above, it must be using
a different one and scaling it, which won't look very good.
--
Len Sorensen
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