On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 06:33:25PM +0200, Eric Dillenseger wrote: > On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 10:44:46AM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > On Sunday 01 April 2007 09:22, Srebrenko Sehic wrote: > > > On 3/31/07, Eric Dillenseger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I tried different ModeLine generators from the net, and tried to do > > > > it myself using Xorg' logfile. Not helping me out. > > > > > > I have a Dell 20 inch monitor and it works fine with it's native > > > 1680x1050. I had to tweak the Modeline manually but eventually got it > > > to work. On a oldish S3 card though. But it just might work for you > > > too. > > > > > > Section "Monitor" > > > > > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > > VendorName "DEL" > > > ModelName "DELL 2007WFP" > > > #HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 > > > #VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 > > > Option "DPMS" > > > > > > ModeLine "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 > > > 1053 1059 1080 -HSync +VSync > > > EndSection > > > > Monitor timing/sync is hardware specific and in some cases, if you get > > it wrong, you can do permanent damage to your monitor. > > > > Use gtf(1) to probe your hardware to figure out timings/sync for your > > desired resolution/refresh, and then do a sanity check of the reported > > values against the hardware documentation. > > > > Hi, > > Now I have it working with the right resolution, but I can't go over > 16bit colors. My photos don't look very good but at least it works for > most common tasks. Or perhaps it isn't even 16, anyway. > I'm wondering why X doesn't handle 24 bit, even with videoram defined. > > -- > "Linux is for Windows(c) haters while BSD is for UNIX lovers". > http://teardrop.free.fr/
I'm using a Dell 2405FPW with an on-board Intel 82915G/P/GV graphic adapter under OpenBSD 3.9 without issue. Newer displays will automatically report their capabilities; have you tried running X without a config file? -Damian
