Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 01:15:07AM +, Dieter BSD wrote: > > > Have you tried: > > $ xset +dpms > > to use standby etc.? > > xset:  unknown option +dpms > > I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. > (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came > with the monitor.)

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Dieter BSD
> Have you tried: > $ xset +dpms > to use standby etc.? xset:  unknown option +dpms I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came with the monitor.) > Font for xterm: x11-fonts/inconsolata-ttf I installed package inconsolata-ttf

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:41:27PM +, Dieter BSD wrote: > > Reducing the color depth to 16 allows the wimpy Rage XL (8 MiB) to > do 1920x1080. > > So then I moved the old slow X terminal out of the way and moved the > shiny new Dell ST2220T LCD into the prime spot in front of the > keyboard dr

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Dieter BSD
Reducing the color depth to 16 allows the wimpy Rage XL (8 MiB) to do 1920x1080. So then I moved the old slow X terminal out of the way and moved the shiny new Dell ST2220T LCD into the prime spot in front of the keyboard drawer... ...and the cable doesn't reach. Two HD-15 to BNC cables back-to-ba

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-01 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote: Section "Monitor"        Identifier "Monitor2220"        VendorName "Dell"        ModelName  "ST2220T"        HorizSync  30.00-83.00        VertRefresh 56.00-76.00 Remove the HorizSync and VertRefresh settings, they are only needed if the monitor is ancie

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Jerome Herman
On 30/06/2011 23:42, Dieter BSD wrote: Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section. If modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-06-30 23:42, Dieter BSD skrev: Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. You can't. Mach64 does not support that resulution. Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section. If modelines

trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Dieter BSD
>>> Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. >> >> Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. >> Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If >> modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log. >> But they almost