[Nottingham] New Monitor
Jim Moore
jmthelostpacket at googlemail.com
Mon Aug 10 22:50:25 UTC 2009
um... what he said. Other than that, try replacing SXVGA with vga. My bad.
On 8/10/09, Matthew Tompsett <matthewbpt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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