[nflug] merry xorg-mas

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If it's a wide screen, you'll want a resolution in the ratio of 16:9 
(1680x1050, 1440x900, etc.) Check your monitor specs and see what the 
max resolution is supposed to be, then set it to that. Also, comment out 
the horizontal and vertical refresh rates and let the card read the 
monitors capabilities via edid, depending on your driver, that should be 
the default anyway. Upgrade your driver as well, get the latest driver 
for your card. If that stuff doesnt do it, you may need some other 
tweaks, but try those first.

eric at bootz.us wrote:
> Hi, I just got a 22" acer LCD and want to configure the resolution so that
> everything is not stretched.
>
> 1. What are the range resolutions I could use... so the appearance of
> windows/icons are not stretched?
> 2. I can only assume that because everything is stretched the graphic
> appearance is also lost.. it looks more like 16 bit? 
> 3. Also, I can't seem to get any resolution higher than 1280x1024
> ...1680x1050 does not show.
>
> 4. Do you think it's a good idea to get a DVI video card? Will the display
> be that much clearer, and/or will it fix the stretched appearance?
> 4a. If it is a good idea, do you have a preference?  Is NVidia 5200 fx a
> nice one?  I have a $40.00 - $60.00 price range.
>
> Below is my xorg.conf file:
>
> PS... thanks for your help with my new x-mas gift!  I had an old 17" CRT
> SONY Trinitron previously.
>
>
> Section "Files"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>         # path to defoma fonts
>         FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>         Load    "bitmap"
>         Load    "ddc"
>         Load    "dri"
>         Load    "extmod"
>         Load    "freetype"
>         Load    "glx"
>         Load    "int10"
>         Load    "int10"
>         Load    "v4l"
>         Load    "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "kbd"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE
> Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
>         Driver          "i810"
>         BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier      "Acer AL2216W"
>        Option          "DPMS"
>        HorizSync       30-82
>        VertRefresh     56-76
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE
> Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
>         Monitor         "Acer AL2216W"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>         Screen          "Default Screen"
>         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode    0666
> EndSection
>
>
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