Re: Solved with a modeline: Re: NEC2080UX+ - "Supported Future Video Modes"
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 08:52, William Ballard wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 08:16:55AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
>
> My Monitor was already coming up at 1280x1024.
>
> Once you put in the modeline in XF86Config-4, how do you make X use it?
You restart X.
I actually test it (so I can use GUI for email, etc, while testing) by
running (as root) something like:
xinit -- :1
and cat /root/.xinitrc contains the single line:
xterm
That way, you can use CTRL-ALT-F8 and CTRL-ALT-F7 to swap between the
two X servers, to read more instructions or whatever.
To actually run X programs (eg. dpyinfo) in the xterm, you need to
export the appropriate DISPLAY, eg:
export DISPLAY=:1
Also in your xterm you can run any window manager, eg:
metacity &
and then exit or CTRL-D or CTRL-BACKSPACE to close the X-term.
To fully exit/ restart your regular X (on vt7) once it's all working,
logout, then CTRL-ALT-F1 to go to vt1, log in as root, and something
like one of the following:
/etc/init.d/gdm restart
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
/etc/init.d/kdm restart
etc
> I copied and pasted this line into this part of XF86Config-4:
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 80.5
> VertRefresh 60 - 75
> Option "DPMS"
> Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> [...]
First thought: comment out the Horiz... and Vert... refresh lines, and
then try testing your x server.
> but it comes up at 1280x1024 H80 V75, as it always did without this
> modeline. I know in Windows when I run at 1280x1024@60, I think the
> it's the V number which becomes 60 and the H number goes to something
> else.
On second thoughts, perhaps change the VertRefresh line to "60"
instead of "60 - 75" to try to force it to only to 60 vertical
refresh.
good luck
zen
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