[ale] Sun 24" monitor mode lines
Jeff Hubbs
hbbs at attbi.com
Wed May 29 00:36:48 EDT 2002
Egads, I see what you mean. I guess you have to "teach" XF what that
mode means, like it shows in that Vaio example. Isn't there a "man
XF86Config" or something?
On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 23:17, Mike Still wrote:
> I tried putting that refresh info in there and setting the resolution to
> "1600x1000" in my config file, but it didn't know what to do with
> "1600x1000" like it would automatically know what to do with say
> "1280x1024" (which is what I'm using now - just stretching it out).
> I'll try again and post the error.
>
> Oh yeah forgot to add, I'm using the nvidia accelerated server.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 21:50, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 19:58, Mike Still wrote:
> > > Hi, I have a Sun 24" monitor that I haven't been able to get working
> > > correctly on Linux. I'm running XFree 4.1 from Mandrake 8.1 with a TNT2
> > > 32M card driving this monitor. I believe that my problem is that I
> > > don't have any mode lines for the resolutions this monitor wants to do.
> > > I want to do 1600x1000.
> > >
> > > This is my monitor:
> > > http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/Monitor/MONITOR_Color_24_Premium_CRT.html
> > >
> > > I just don't know how to get mode lines out of that information. Any
> > > help?
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > Mike -
> >
> > It's obvious to me that I'm going to have to test this monitor
> > extensively over the next year on your behalf. Contact me off list for
> > contact information and I will meet you in a darkened, secluded
> > location. :-)
> >
> > Seriously, though - schweet monitor. I'm not sure that you specifically
> > need modelines. Modelines are but one way to describe modes.
> > Alternatively, you can define modes the way Mandrake's XFdrake makes
> > them at install time. Below is a cut-down version of my
> > /etc/XF86Config-4:
> >
> >
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "monitor1"
> > VendorName "Unknown"
> > ModelName "Unknown"
> >
> >
> > # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
> > # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
> > # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
> > HorizSync 30-85
> >
> >
> > # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
> > # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
> > # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
> > VertRefresh 50-160
> >
> >
> > # This is a set of extended mode timings typically used for laptop,
> > # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
> > # These are available along with standard mode timings.
> >
> > # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
> > # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
> > ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563
> > -hsync -vsync
> >
> > # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
> > ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
> > # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
> > ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
> >
> >
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> >
> > # **********************************************************************
> > # Graphics device section
> > # **********************************************************************
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Generic VGA"
> > Driver "vga"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "ATI Radeon"
> > VendorName "Unknown"
> > BoardName "Unknown"
> > Driver "radeon"
> >
> > # Clock lines
> >
> >
> > Option "AGPMode" "1"
> > Option "DPMS" "on"
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> >
> > # **********************************************************************
> > # Screen sections
> > # **********************************************************************
> >
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "screen1"
> > Device "ATI Radeon"
> > Monitor "monitor1"
> > DefaultColorDepth 24
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 8
> > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 15
> > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 32
> > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> > HorizSync 30-85
> >
> >
> > If you plug in the HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges from the spec and
> > pick a DefaultColorDepth from your vid card specs (let's assume 24 bits
> > is good), then you can have the following:
> >
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1600x1000"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubsection
> >
> > and see if you get anywhere. Personally, I'd like to see if I could
> > fire up that 1920 × 1200 mode.
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
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