[Nottingham] New Monitor

Mon Aug 10 22:00:41 UTC 2009

Have you installed the proprietary nvidia driver for this card or are you
using the open source driver? I have a similar monitor to yours, its the
x233H rather than the x193H, before I installed the proprietary driver it
couldn't output the correct resolution. I suggest you installed the nvidia
driver here
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.11_uk.html after
doing so it should use the right resolution automatically (in my experience
at least)

Matt

2009/8/10 Ron Wilton <ron_w_add at yahoo.co.uk>

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