Bug#549375: Any other workaround ?

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Thomas Hahn wrote:
>
>     (II) intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1
>     (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: LPL  Model: 0  Serial#: 0
>     (II) intel(0): Year: 2004  Week: 0
>     (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.2
>     (II) intel(0): Digital Display Input
>     (II) intel(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 33  vert.: 21
>     (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20
>     (II) intel(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
>     (II) intel(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
>     (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
>     (II) intel(0): redX: 0.590 redY: 0.344   greenX: 0.323 greenY: 0.534
>     (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.156 blueY: 0.138   whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.328
>     (II) intel(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
>     (II) intel(0): Supported detailed timing:
>     (II) intel(0): clock: 71.2 MHz   Image Size:  289 x 21 mm
>
>     See those 21 mm, should have been 210mm!
>
>     So letters are absolutely HUGE and render this useless.
>     There is some
>
>     Section "Monitor"
>             Identifier      "LVDS"
>             DisplaySize     330 206
>             HorizSync       30-90
>             VertRefresh     50-60
>     EndSection
>
>     in the xorg.conf as this must have been a problem sometime
>     before, but it doesnt help now ...
>
>     Thomas
>
>
> Is there any other way of getting back my 1280x1024 resolution?

Does Modeline+PreferredMode help ?

See III.5 of http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12

Brice