Hi, Is it 720p or 1080i or 1080p? The following modeline makes my 720p 32" HDTV happy: | SubSection "Display" | Depth 24 | Modes "1680x1050" | EndSubSection William On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 16:04 -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I have a Samsung 42" HD TV. It has a connector for a computer monitor > input, and I have been trying to get a computer hooked up to use it as > a monitor with little luck. If the machine runs Windows it will use > the monitor correctly as a display. If I run Damn Small it will > display, but the bottom portion of the screen is below the bottom of > the TV screen. Ubuntu, Knoppix, and Debian all produce "Mode Not > Supported" messages on the TV but produce no display. If I try to use > the Debian Install disk to create a new system, the boot up stuff > displays fine, but when it gets to the first installation screen the > text is diagonally ripped and unreadable. > > On one of my laptops, even in windows there is no display. (I assume > that the graphics card in that machine doesn't support the screen > modes necessary. > > On the machine where windows works, I assume the graphics card is > capable, and I only need a functional MODE line in the config file. > > At work we use wide screen TVs as monitors in meetings where groups > need to view the screen, but then we only have Windows machines > there... > > Does anyone have any idea what the mode line should look like for these devices? > > I also want to take this time to thank you all for the great advances > that Debian has made since I retired from the group the hardware > detection and automated update processes are truly wonderful! And, > thank you for keeping Spider in the distribution, I really appreciate > it! > > Please CC me on all responses as I am not currently signed up to this > mailing list. > > Luck, > > Dwarf > >
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