Re: Display rates -

2013-02-03 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 02/02/2013 11:40 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: You didn't mention what type of video hardware you have or I just couldn't find that message. The monitor in question was a Viewsonic VX2035WM spec'd to work at 1680x1050 @60Hz. the video is on board, apparently ATI-Radeon and the

Re: Display rates -

2013-02-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/28/2013 04:54 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> xrandr -q > >No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher. > >[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q >Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x

Re: Display rates -

2013-02-02 Thread poma
On 02/02/2013 02:17 PM, Jon Ingason wrote: > 2013-01-28 01:31, poma skrev: > >> >> Automation in da display manager style: >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: >> display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR >> … > > Where can I put such scipt if I am running gdm in F18 (Gnome 3.x)? > /etc/gdm/Init/Default: …

Re: Display rates -

2013-02-02 Thread Jon Ingason
2013-01-28 01:31, poma skrev: Automation in da display manager style: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: display-setup-script=/usr/bin/RandR … Where can I put such scipt if I am running gdm in F18 (Gnome 3.x)? /usr/bin/RandR: #!/bin/sh # ViewSonic VX2035wm xrandr --newmode "1680x1050R" 119.00 1680

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-28 Thread g
On 01/27/2013 08:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> xrandr -q > > No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher. > > [root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 102

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-28 Thread poma
On 01/28/2013 05:44 AM, David wrote: > On 1/27/2013 11:21 PM, poma wrote: >> On 01/28/2013 03:02 AM, David wrote: >>> On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote: On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> xrandr -q > >

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 11:21 PM, poma wrote: > On 01/28/2013 03:02 AM, David wrote: >> On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote: >>> On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > xrandr -q No that just shows the same thing, the equipme

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread poma
On 01/28/2013 03:02 AM, David wrote: > On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote: >> On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >>> On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: xrandr -q >>> >>> No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much >>> higher. >>> >>> [root@

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Tim
Bob Goodwin: > I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x > 1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM]. > > XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz > which it seems to default to. > > The Gigabyte motherboard shows a max. of 1920 x 1200. When I installed

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 10:06 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 01/27/2013 06:02 PM, David wrote: >> Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching >> Google and volumes of text files. > > Bad or missing resolutions are pretty much always invalid EDID > information provided by the hardwar

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/27/2013 06:02 PM, David wrote: Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching Google and volumes of text files. Bad or missing resolutions are pretty much always invalid EDID information provided by the hardware. Windows tends to use information provided by the I

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 9:33 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 09:02:21PM -0500, David wrote: >> >> Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching >> Google and volumes of text files. >> >> Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed >> masses' th

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 09:02:21PM -0500, David wrote: > > Or? Well you could use a distro that actually works without searching > Google and volumes of text files. > > Seems like if 'Linux is now supposed to appeal to the 'great unwashed > masses' that it should make it easy for them to use Linu

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 7:31 PM, poma wrote: > On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >> On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> xrandr -q >> >> No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much >> higher. >> >> [root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread poma
On 01/27/2013 09:54 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> xrandr -q > > No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much > higher. > > [root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, > current 1024 x 768, maximum

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:54:32 -0500 "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > xrandr -q > > No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much > higher. > > [root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 4:07 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote: >> It does not really make any difference but I have found a different >> Linux distribution, one of the ones that I mentioned in my first >> post, that actually finds and configures my monitor. It

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 4:28 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote: >> On 1/27/2013 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Yeah. Thanks. >> >> I stuck around for several releases hoping that someone would fix this. >> But no. Nothing. >> >> It does not really make any difference

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote: On 1/27/2013 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David: When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no l

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 03:54:32PM -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >xrandr -q > >No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher. > >[root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q >Screen 0: minimum 320 x

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/27/2013 03:35 PM, David wrote: It does not really make any difference but I have found a different Linux distribution, one of the ones that I mentioned in my first post, that actually finds and configures my monitor. It has done so for years. It finds it as a 'Generic' monitor but all of th

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: xrandr -q No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher. [root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted ri

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David: >> When the application named system-config-display was still available >> it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards >> at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option > > welc

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/27/2013 01:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ to place whatever you need for xorg.conf parts like in my case xvnc [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/02-vnc.conf Section "Module" Load"vnc" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Option

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 11:50:49AM -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x >1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM]. > >XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz >which it seems to defaul

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.01.2013 19:26, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni: > On 01/27/2013 01:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David: >>> When the application named system-config-display was still available >>> it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards >>> a

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/27/2013 01:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David: When the application named system-config-display was still available it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option welcome to the new

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.01.2013 19:04, schrieb David: > When the application named system-config-display was still available > it would allow the setting to be configured correctly. Since the wizards > at Fedora killed it that is no longer an option welcome to the new "all is working automatically" attitude

Re: Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread David
On 1/27/2013 11:50 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x >1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM]. > >XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz >which it seems to default to. > >The Gi

Display rates -

2013-01-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
I've just changed a monitor and need to set the resolution to 1680 x 1050 @60Hz [ViewSonic VX2035WM]. XFCE display settings offers nothing higher than 1024 x 758 @60Hz which it seems to default to. The Gigabyte motherboard shows a max. of 1920 x 1200. I looked in the BIOS setti