<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1082656708">Thanks Jim and Matt<br><br>I have tried the command suggested and got the following reply:-<br><br>~$ xrandr --addmode XSVGA 1366x768<br>xrandr: cannot find output "XSVGA"<br><br>I have the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 which must be at least 5 years old, so I'm wondering whether this is before the ability of setting up custom screens.<br><br>I've also done the following two commands:-<br><br>~$ xrandr -q<br>Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1024<br>default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm<br> 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 <br> 1280x960 60.0 <br> 1152x864 75.0 <br> 1024x768
75.0 70.0 60.0* <br> 832x624 75.0 <br> 800x600 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 <br> 720x400 70.0 <br> 640x480 75.0 73.0 67.0 60.0 <br> 1280x800 60.0 <br> 1280x768 60.0 <br> 1280x720 60.0 <br> 1152x768 55.0 <br> 960x600 60.0 <br>
840x525 60.0 <br> 700x525 70.0 60.0 <br> 640x512 75.0 60.0 <br> 720x450 60.0 <br> 640x400 60.0 <br> 576x432 75.0 <br> 640x384 60.0 <br> 576x384 55.0 <br> 512x384 75.0 70.0 60.0 <br> 416x312 75.0 <br> 400x300
75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 <br> 320x240 75.0 73.0 60.0 <br>~$ xrandr -s 1366x768<br>Size 1366x768 not found in available modes<br><br>Any suggestions?<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Ron<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 10/8/09, Jim Moore <i><jmthelostpacket@googlemail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Jim Moore <jmthelostpacket@googlemail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] New Monitor<br>To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Date: Monday, 10 August, 2009, 12:07 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">start with:<br><br>xrandr --addmode XSVGA
1366x768<br><br>then:<br><br>xrandr --output XSVGA --mode 1366×768 --rate 60<br><br>Note these are nonpersistent commands (ie they'll only last through<br>the current session). You might want to add them to xorg.conf (read<br>the xorg.conf file on how to add xrandr lines to the configuration),<br>or you can use ~/.xprofile (just append those two xrandr lines to the<br>file; create an empty xprofile if one doesn't already exist, xorg will<br>use it if it exists in your home folder).<br><br>As mentioned (kudos to Matthew), ATI and NVidia both have GUI<br>configurations in which setting up custom screens is elementary. I<br>know from experience (with SuSE Pro 9.3) that the NVidia one does<br>require you to set the pitch or it'll do weird things with weird<br>screens (apparently the hardware manufacturers never thought to add<br>16:9 aspect screens to the default list) /before/ you can add the new<br>screen resolution.<br><br>On 8/9/09, Matthew Tompsett
<<a rel="nofollow">matthewbpt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> What kind of video card do you have? If it's an nvidia then you can use the<br>> nvidia xconfig utility to change the resolution and refresh rates, if not<br>> then you may have to use the xrandr command line program, google it I can't<br>> quite remember how to use it but there are guides you can follow,<br>><br>> Matt<br>><br>> 2009/8/9 Ron Wilton <<a rel="nofollow">ron_w_add@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>><br>>> Thanks for your reply, Jim.<br>>><br>>> How do I make the suggested changes. In Ubuntu there's a Screen Resolution<br>>> programme, but this does not allow changing the pitch and entering of the<br>>> actual screen size.<br>>><br>>> Thanks<br>>><br>>>
Ron<br>>><br>>> --- On *Sat, 8/8/09, Jim Moore <<a rel="nofollow">jmthelostpacket@googlemail.com</a>>* wrote:<br>>><br>>><br>>> From: Jim Moore <<a rel="nofollow">jmthelostpacket@googlemail.com</a>><br>>> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] New Monitor<br>>> To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <<a rel="nofollow">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>>> Date: Saturday, 8 August, 2009, 7:48 PM<br>>><br>>><br>>> At a glance, your monitor native frequency is 1366x768 (which isn't<br>>> bad considering it's an uberbudget monitor but still seems a little<br>>> low for the screen size - I have a 17" standard ratio which is
native<br>>> at 1600x1200 and that's a 5 year old HP), so with a bit of number<br>>> fiddling, you need to set up your monitor geometry manually (as is<br>>> usually the case on widescreens) with the following:<br>>><br>>> pitch: 0.300mm<br>>> measure horizontal and vertical panel dimensions with a tape, you'll<br>>> need these numbers for setup as well, because the pixel dimensions<br>>> suggest rectangular pixels rather than square - again unusual for a<br>>> compiter monitor and bound to make life interesting - what you<br>>> actually have there is a HDTV panel with a VGA connector.<br>>><br>>> HTH<br>>><br>>> TLP<br>>><br>>> On 8/8/09, Ron Wilton<br>>> <<a rel="nofollow">ron_w_add@yahoo.co.uk</a><<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://mc/compose?to=ron_w_add@yahoo.co.uk">http://mc/compose?to=ron_w_add@yahoo.co.uk</a>>><br>>> wrote:<br>>> > Hello All<br>>> ><br>>> > My 4 x 3 monitor went on me earlier this week.<br>>> ><br>>> > I've just bought a widescreen monitor hoping that it would be alright.<br>>> > It<br>>> > works okay, except that the picture quality is not very good. Any ideas<br>>> on<br>>> > what I can do? I've got an acer X193HQ and an using Ubuntu.<br>>> ><br>>> > Thanks for any help<br>>> ><br>>> > Ron<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Nottingham mailing list<br>>> <a rel="nofollow">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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