[ale] Sun 24" monitor mode lines
Jeff Hubbs
hbbs at attbi.com
Wed May 29 23:16:39 EDT 2002
Congratulations! I bet that is lovely! I noticed on the Sun site that
the aspect ratio looked a little squashed - I wonder if it was made for
cinematographic use. I'd love to see a picture!
- Jeff
On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 23:00, Mike Still wrote:
> Ok, sweet. I got the right resolutions set up. 1920x1200 pixels of
> bliss.
>
> FWIW Here's my Mode lines (whole monitor config really):
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Sun|Sun 24"
> VendorName "Sun"
> ModelName "Unknown"
>
>
> # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
> # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
> # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
> HorizSync 30-96
>
> # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
> # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
> # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
> VertRefresh 50-160
>
> Mode "1920x1200"
> Dotclock 219.4
> HTimings 1920 1944 2172 2516
> VTimings 1200 1201 1204 1240
> EndMode
>
>
> Mode "1600x1000"
> DotClock 170.1
> HTimings 1600 1632 1848 2128
> VTimings 1000 1002 1005 1051
> EndMode
>
>
> Mode "1600x1000-2"
> DotClock 135.0
> HTimings 1600 1640 1776 1968
> VTimings 1000 1002 1007 1039
> EndMode
>
> Mode "1440x900"
> DotClock 135.0
> HTimings 1440 1480 1640 1880
> VTimings 900 902 905 944
> EndMode
>
> EndSection
>
>
> On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 10:09, Michael Still (mikes) wrote:
> > That res works, but it's not the aspect ratio I'm looking for. The screen
> > is a little squeezed there. I just found some more info this morning that
> > should help me make mode lines, but I will have to wait til I get back home.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > Michael Still (MikeS at McBurney.com)
> > System Administrator
> > The McBurney Corporation
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian B. [mailto:brianb_ale at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 12:43 AM
> > To: Mike Still
> > Cc: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Sun 24" monitor mode lines
> >
> >
> > How about 1600x1200?
> >
> >
> > --- Mike Still <MikeS at McBurney.com> wrote:
> > > I tried putting that refresh info in there and
> > > setting the resolution to
> > > "1600x1000" in my config file, but it didn't know
> > > what to do with
> > > "1600x1000" like it would automatically know what to
> > > do with say
> > > "1280x1024" (which is what I'm using now - just
> > > stretching it out).
> > > I'll try again and post the error.
> > >
> > > Oh yeah forgot to add, I'm using the nvidia
> > > accelerated server.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 21:50, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 19:58, Mike Still wrote:
> > > > > Hi, I have a Sun 24" monitor that I haven't been
> > > able to get working
> > > > > correctly on Linux. I'm running XFree 4.1 from
> > > Mandrake 8.1 with a TNT2
> > > > > 32M card driving this monitor. I believe that
> > > my problem is that I
> > > > > don't have any mode lines for the resolutions
> > > this monitor wants to do.
> > > > > I want to do 1600x1000.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is my monitor:
> > > > >
> > >
> > http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/Monitor/MONITOR_Color_24_Premiu
> > m_CRT.html
> > > > >
> > > > > I just don't know how to get mode lines out of
> > > that information. Any
> > > > > help?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ---
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mike -
> > > >
> > > > It's obvious to me that I'm going to have to test
> > > this monitor
> > > > extensively over the next year on your behalf.
> > > Contact me off list for
> > > > contact information and I will meet you in a
> > > darkened, secluded
> > > > location. :-)
> > > >
> > > > Seriously, though - schweet monitor. I'm not sure
> > > that you specifically
> > > > need modelines. Modelines are but one way to
> > > describe modes.
> > > > Alternatively, you can define modes the way
> > > Mandrake's XFdrake makes
> > > > them at install time. Below is a cut-down version
> > > of my
> > > > /etc/XF86Config-4:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Section "Monitor"
> > > > Identifier "monitor1"
> > > > VendorName "Unknown"
> > > > ModelName "Unknown"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
> > > > # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of
> > > discrete values, or a
> > > > # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> > > > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER
> > > TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> > > > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
> > > > HorizSync 30-85
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
> > > > # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of
> > > discrete values, or a
> > > > # comma separated list of ranges of values.
> > > > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER
> > > TO YOUR MONITOR'S
> > > > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
> > > > VertRefresh 50-160
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > # This is a set of extended mode timings typically
> > > used for laptop,
> > > > # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
> > > > # These are available along with standard mode
> > > timings.
> > > >
> > > > # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
> > > > # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
> > > > ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344
> > > 480 488 494 563
> > > > -hsync -vsync
> > > >
> > > > # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
> > > > ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000
> > > 576 590 595 630
> > > > # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
> > > > ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024
> > > 576 578 590 616
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > EndSection
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > #
> > >
> > **********************************************************************
> > > > # Graphics device section
> > > > #
> > >
> > **********************************************************************
> > > >
> > > > Section "Device"
> > > > Identifier "Generic VGA"
> > > > Driver "vga"
> > > > EndSection
> > > >
> > > > Section "Device"
> > > > Identifier "ATI Radeon"
> > > > VendorName "Unknown"
> > > > BoardName "Unknown"
> > > > Driver "radeon"
> > > >
> > > > # Clock lines
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Option "AGPMode" "1"
> > > > Option "DPMS" "on"
> > > > EndSection
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > #
> > >
> > **********************************************************************
> > > > # Screen sections
> > > > #
> > >
> > **********************************************************************
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Section "Screen"
> > > > Identifier "screen1"
> > > > Device "ATI Radeon"
> > > > Monitor "monitor1"
> > > > DefaultColorDepth 24
> > > > Subsection "Display"
> > > > Depth 8
> > > > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> > > "800x600" "640x400"
> > > > ViewPort 0 0
> > > > EndSubsection
> > > > Subsection "Display"
> > > > Depth 15
> > > > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> > > "800x600" "640x480"
> > > > ViewPort 0 0
> > > > EndSubsection
> > > > Subsection "Display"
> > > > Depth 16
> > > > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> > > "800x600" "640x480"
> > > > ViewPort 0 0
> > > > EndSubsection
> > > > Subsection "Display"
> > > > Depth 24
> > > > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> > > "800x600" "640x480"
> > > > ViewPort 0 0
> > > > EndSubsection
> > > > Subsection "Display"
> > > > Depth 32
> > > > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> > > "800x600" "640x480"
> > > > ViewPort 0 0
> > > > EndSubsection
> > > > EndSection
> > > > HorizSync 30-85
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If you plug in the HorizSync and VertRefresh
> > > ranges from the spec and
> > > > pick a DefaultColorDepth from your vid card specs
> > > (let's assume 24 bits
> > > > is good), then you can have the following:
> > > >
> > > > Subsection "Display"
> > > > Depth 24
> > > > Modes "1600x1000"
> > > > ViewPort 0 0
> > > > EndSubsection
> > > >
> > > > and see if you get anywhere. Personally, I'd like
> > > to
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> >
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