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

[Karl Buckland]

I've personally found DVI to HDMI is a better way of doing things. Is
that an option?

Regards,

Karl


2009/4/16 Peter Apps <peter at sheppey.free-online.co.uk>:
> 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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