Another update. I am now running Kubuntu off a live CD and it is
displaying everything correctly. A quick perusal of the xorg.conf
file didn't reveal any different settings. Perhaps the version of
xorg? I will keep investigating and I appreciate any help or
suggestions.
David Bellows
On 11/17/06, Dave Bellows <davebellows@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/17/06, Anton Piatek <anton@piatek.co.uk> wrote:
> > Dave Bellows wrote:
> > > Update. Of course I can't run 1600x1000 instead the monitor went to
> > > the next resolution on the list which was 1600x1200. I was then able
> > > to shrink the horizontal size and reposition the screen to make it
> > > fit. There are now thin black bars along either side of the screen
> > > but there doesn't seem to be as much distortion. Still, I would like
> > > to get this working better.
>
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/16/06, Dave Bellows <davebellows@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Hello all,
> > >>
> > >> I just got a new ViewSonic VG2230 widescreen LCD monitor for my Debian
> > >> Testing box. After I installed it I ran "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh
> > >> xserver-xorg". It seemingly correctly configured xorg.conf for a
> > >> resolution of 1680x1050 as recommended by the booklet that came with
> > >> the monitor. However, when I started up X the vertical is off.
> > >> There's about 2 inches of extra screen space at the top so that when I
> > >> move the mouse cursor up to the top of the screen the whole screen
> > >> shifts and I lose my bottom taskbar (KDE).
> > >>
> > >> So I manually edited the conf file and changed it to 1600x1000
> > >> (keeping the same ratio). This appears to have worked (no more extra
> > >> space). Because the monitor is such a big change from what I'm used
> > >> to I can't tell entirely if the shapes of the letters are distorted at
> > >> all (at 1680 x 1000 it was obvious) but they appear fine. Is it fine
> > >> to leave it at this? Should it be able to do 1680x1050? Is there
> > >> some extra configuration I'm missing?
> > >>
> > >> Also, the screen is huge. I'd never really notice what letters looked
> > >> like before. There's a certain fuzziness around each of the letters
> > >> on the screen that I think is related to anti-aliasing perhaps. It's
> > >> fairly noticeable though I imagine I could get used to it. Again, is
> > >> there a setting somewhere that would improve the look?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> David Bellows
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Make sure you have the vsync and hsync values correct for your monitor
> > (see the monitor manual) otherwise you will get this.
> >
> > Subpixel rendering should not affect this, but it can improve clarity as
> > the xserver knows more about the screen so can change the way pixels are
> > lit up to look better.
> >
> > Anton
> >
> Thanks Anton,
>
> I checked with the manual and changed what xorg.conf had to the values
> in the manual (Horiz: 30 - 82; Vert: 50-75) but everything looks the
> same (running at the recommended 1680x1050) with the extra space on
> top. The manual also states that I should be running at 60 Hz but the
> monitor reports that my video card is running the Horizontal at 65 KHz
> and the Vertical at 60Hz, is this something that can be changed in
> xorg.conf or am I mixing information there?
>
> My Nvidia card is fairly old, could it be a video card issue (looking
> for an excuse to buy a new one anyway). Speaking of, using the nv
> driver produces the same result as the binary driver.
>
> David Bellows
>