[ale] Sun 24" monitor mode lines

Mike Still MikeS at McBurney.com
Tue May 28 23:17:53 EDT 2002


I tried putting that refresh info in there and setting the resolution to
"1600x1000" in my config file, but it didn't know what to do with
"1600x1000" like it would automatically know what to do with say
"1280x1024" (which is what I'm using now - just stretching it out).
I'll try again and post the error.

Oh yeah forgot to add, I'm using the nvidia accelerated server.

Thanks for the help.

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 21:50, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 19:58, Mike Still wrote:
> > Hi, I have a Sun 24" monitor that I haven't been able to get working
> > correctly on Linux.  I'm running XFree 4.1 from Mandrake 8.1 with a TNT2
> > 32M card driving this monitor.  I believe that my problem is that I
> > don't have any mode lines for the resolutions this monitor wants to do. 
> > I want to do 1600x1000.
> > 
> > This is my monitor:
> > http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/Monitor/MONITOR_Color_24_Premium_CRT.html
> > 
> > I just don't know how to get mode lines out of that information. Any
> > help?  
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Mike -
> 
> It's obvious to me that I'm going to have to test this monitor
> extensively over the next year on your behalf.  Contact me off list for
> contact information and I will meet you in a darkened, secluded
> location. :-)
> 
> Seriously, though - schweet monitor.  I'm not sure that you specifically
> need modelines.  Modelines are but one way to describe modes. 
> Alternatively, you can define modes the way Mandrake's XFdrake makes
> them at install time.  Below is a cut-down version of my
> /etc/XF86Config-4:
> 
> 
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier "monitor1"
>     VendorName "Unknown"
>     ModelName  "Unknown"
> 
> 
> # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
> # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
> # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
>     HorizSync  30-85
> 
> 
> # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
> # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
> # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
>     VertRefresh 50-160
> 
> 
> # This is a set of extended mode timings typically used for laptop,
> # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
> # These are available along with standard mode timings.
> 
> # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
> # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
> ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494  563
> -hsync -vsync
> 
> # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
> ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
> # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
> ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
> 
> 
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> # **********************************************************************
> # Graphics device section
> # **********************************************************************
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier "Generic VGA"
>     Driver     "vga"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "ATI Radeon"
>     VendorName  "Unknown"
>     BoardName   "Unknown"
>     Driver      "radeon"
> 
>     # Clock lines
> 
> 
>     Option      "AGPMode"  "1"
>     Option      "DPMS"  "on"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> # **********************************************************************
> # Screen sections
> # **********************************************************************
> 
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "screen1"
>     Device      "ATI Radeon"
>     Monitor     "monitor1"
>     DefaultColorDepth 24
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       8
>         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       15
>         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       32
>         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
>     HorizSync  30-85
> 
> 
> If you plug in the HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges from the spec and
> pick a DefaultColorDepth from your vid card specs (let's assume 24 bits
> is good), then you can have the following:
> 
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes       "1600x1000"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> 
> and see if you get anywhere.  Personally, I'd like to see if I could
> fire up that 1920 × 1200 mode.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> 
> 
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