On 01/10/2012 05:56 PM, Frank Cox wrote:> I have a Centos 5.7 machine with Intel I10 video (built-in, I guess -- this
is
> one of those all-in-one mini terminal things) that I'm trying to put a
new
> 1920x1080 monitor onto, without conspicuous success. Prior to this it's
been
> using a smaller monitor with no issues.
>
> Try as I might I can't get the new monitor to run at its 1920x1080
resolution.
> I just realized that I forgot to write down the actual resolution that it
runs
> at but it's less than it should be, maybe 1280x1024? Obviously the
display
> looks pretty crappy like that.
>
> I tried following the instructions posted here:
>
>
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-change-display-resolution-settings-using-xrandr.html
>
> but when I got to the step of typing "xrandr --newmode ..." all I
got was a
> help screen for xrandr command line options (and --newmode wasn't
listed as one
> of them).
>
> I tried this:
>
> system-config-display --reconfig --set-resolution=1920x1080 --set-depth=24
> --set-driver=vesa --set-videoram=0
>
> It rewrote the xorg.conf file but I still didn't get 1920x1080.
>
> I tried changing "vesa" to "i810" in xorg.conf and was
then told that the
> xserver can't be started. It then took me to a simple GUI-style
monitor setup
> screen and I told it that a 1920x1080 LCD monitor was connected. It then
> created the following xorg.conf, but I still don't get 1920x1080.
>
> The Xorg.0.log file is over 2000 lines so I won't include it in this
mesage but
> I have posted it here:
>
> http://www.melvilletheatre.com/Xorg.0.log.bz2
>
> Here is what I currently have for xorg.conf but again, it doesn't give
me the
> full resolution on the monitor:
>
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "single head configuration"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1080"
> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
> VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
>
>
Are you sure that your video card can support your desired resolution?
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