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| Author: | jmairs [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 1680x1050 and Viewsonic VX2235WM |
Hi all, I replaced my analog 18inch CRT with this beauty from Costco. It works out of the box using VGA and DVI using my old xorg.conf file. How do I regenerate the xorg.conf so it has my new monitor stuff? I wonder if my 5200FX card will support it? Thanks, John |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1680x1050 and Viewsonic VX2235WM |
jmairs wrote: I wonder if my 5200FX card will support it?
Should if it's a decent one. Get yourself a good DVI cable, hook it up, and let the EDID detection do the rest. You may want to make sure that the X config file doesn't disable that, and that you've got appropriate mode lines. |
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| Author: | jmairs [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:47 pm ] |
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Thanks for the reply. I am using the DVI cable that came with the monitor. That's why I wanted to regenerate from scratch so that all that stuff is set. I guess I need to google EDID. John |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:55 pm ] |
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EDID and DDC are just a standard mechanism for you video card to query your monitor to get information on it's capabilities. Some WS TVs lie and report lower capabilities than they really support, but real monitors are pretty good about providing the correct resolutions and sync timings. |
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| Author: | jmairs [ Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:05 am ] |
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If I reinstalled auto-upgrade would it recreate the file with all my new specs? I'm assuming there is no other way. John |
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