[Klug-general] Screen resolutions in (K)Ubuntu >=8.10

[Peter Apps]

Thanks for the info. I'd wasted a day trying to get the thing to work
and I was a bit irritable.

Usually it's a good thing that you can dive into the inner workings.
It's one of Linux's strengths and auto detection is never as versatile.

In this case I just wanted to do a quick upgrade and get on with some
work but the problem was more than a bit of tweaking.

By the way, the problem is with the TV and not the  drivers and I think
I'm going to have the  same problem with my laptop.

Hey ho! Aren't computers fun?

Regards, Peter. 

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 21:24 +0100, Mike Evans wrote:
> 
> Peter Apps wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Short of dumping all Debian based distributions does anyone a simple
> > solution that doesn't sidetrack me into learning about mode lines.
> > 
> 
> But mode lines is what you want.  Other than installing the correct 
> video driver for your card.
> 
> Just add the modes in to your xorg.conf.  See this:
> 
>    http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=765543
> 
> You may want to disable the auto-detect thing.  It's called DDC and it 
> is possible to disable it with the 'noDDC' option
> 
>          Option          "NoDDC"
> 
> in the Device section.  Try it with and without.
> 
> Oh - and of course do keep a copy of your original xorg.conf before you 
> start playing :)
> 
> Oh and dumping debian based distributions won't help you.  (Despite the 
> fact that I choose Fedora)  Xorg is moving more in the direction of auto 
> detection and in the lastest versions of Fedora the file is optional!
> 
> Mike
> 
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