On Sun, 03 Apr 2022 15:10:01 +0200, Noah Sombrero <fed...@fea.st> wrote:
>On Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:20:01 +0200, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> >wrote: > >>Noah Sombrero wrote: >>> I installed deb 11.3 on my old toshiba satellite laptop (p25 s509), >>> yes p4, 1.25 gb ram. It should work, and it does except that the >>> display is offset to the top and the right. I have not found any >>> reference on the web that shows how to adjust that, although there are >>> some before xrandr when xorg.conf was still used, that might have done >>> it. Since then, everything is supposed to be automatic and simply >>> work. No workee. >> >>This is just some quirk of how Toshiba chose to implement this >>display, and it can be fixed with an altered modeline. >> >>In xorg.conf, or a file in xorg.conf.d, you need an entry of >>this format. Note that this is an example of the format, not the >>right answer for you - among other things, I bet it's not >>connected on HDMI.: > >Thanks. I did find suggestions like this online. But it appears that >xorg.conf is no longer used, and is indeed missing from xorg.conf.d. >So I can simply create a new file with these entries and put it in >place? > >>Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Monitor-HDMI1" >> VendorName "LGD" >> ModelName "ULTRAWIDE" >> Modeline "2560x1080" 185.580 2560 2624 2688 2784 1080 1083 1093 1111 >> -HSync -VSync >> Option "PreferredMode" "2560x1080" >>EndSection I suspect that for my ancient toshiba things like monitor-hdmi1 lgd ultrawide would not be used. Are they for information purposes only? And -hsync and -vsync are the adjustment amounts to actually get the display positioned where it should be? They could also be + amounts? >>Via xrandr instead, applying such a thing would look like this: >> >>xrandr --newmode "2560x1080" 185.580 2560 2624 2688 2784 1080 1083 1093 1111 >>-HSync -VSync >>xrandr --addmode HDMI1 "2560x1080" >>xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode "2560x1080" >> >>So that's the how. The what is best explained by this web page: >>https://arachnoid.com/modelines/ >> >>Which should be enough for you to work out the specific timings >>needed to get this screen to work. >> >>-dsr- -- Noah Sombrero
