Re: Resolution problem with AMD Radeon 5450/6350 and Dell U3011

2012-10-31 Thread Roland Scheidegger
Ahh that sounds like you got a DMS-59 connector (not exactly custom). These provide two single-link dvi signals only, they aren't dual-link capable (though they are capable of carrying vga too, if it's wired up). (Theoretically you could drive higher resolutions by using much lower refresh rates ov

Re: Resolution problem with AMD Radeon 5450/6350 and Dell U3011

2012-10-30 Thread Johan Mazel
There is no VGA output on the HD5450/6350. There is only a single custom output that is split into two DVI through a special cable. Thanks for all your help guys, but I'm stuck at 1920x1200 until I upgrade to a bigger card. :/ Johan 2012/10/31 Felix Miata : > Does the HD 5450 have a VGA output? D

Re: Resolution problem with AMD Radeon 5450/6350 and Dell U3011

2012-10-30 Thread Thomas Lübking
On Dienstag, 30. Oktober 2012 16:14:32 CEST, Johan Mazel wrote: > 2012/10/31 Alex Deucher : >> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Johan Mazel >>> Theoretically, the HD5450 is able to display the screen's native >>> resolution (2560x1600) according to >>> http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphi

Re: Resolution problem with AMD Radeon 5450/6350 and Dell U3011

2012-10-30 Thread Felix Miata
Does the HD 5450 have a VGA output? Does the U3011 have VGA input? If yes to both, can you try that way and get 2560x1600? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y roc

Re: Resolution problem with AMD Radeon 5450/6350 and Dell U3011

2012-10-30 Thread Johan Mazel
I finally found some documentation : http://i.dell.com/sites/content/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/optiplex-990-tech-guidebook-final-1-4.pdf. In a short word, for this particular Dell model, Optiplex 990, HD6350 is stuck at 1920x1200. I need to upgrade to HD6450 if I want 2560x1600. This

Re: Resolution problem with AMD Radeon 5450/6350 and Dell U3011

2012-10-30 Thread Johan Mazel
2012/10/31 Alex Deucher : > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Johan Mazel wrote: >> Hi >> I am trying to use a Dell U3011 (30 inches IPS screen) on a Dell >> Optiplex 990 with an AMD HD 5450/6350. >> I am using Debian Testing and Ubuntu 12.10 with Xorg's ATI driver. >> The respective xserver-xorg-v

Re: Resolution problem with AMD Radeon 5450/6350 and Dell U3011

2012-10-30 Thread Alex Deucher
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Johan Mazel wrote: > Hi > I am trying to use a Dell U3011 (30 inches IPS screen) on a Dell > Optiplex 990 with an AMD HD 5450/6350. > I am using Debian Testing and Ubuntu 12.10 with Xorg's ATI driver. > The respective xserver-xorg-video-radeon package versions for