[ale] new monitor

[Orri Rail]

I tried it...but doesn't work :(

--- Dow Hurst <Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I had your problem and figured it out.  You have to
> specify the Vertical 
> Refresh option as 60.0-60.0 exactly.  Then you can
> get the 1600x1200.  I 
> have dual 2001FP LCDs hooked up with a Nvidia FX1300
> PCI-X with both at 
> 1600x1200.  The desktop is unified across both
> screens and hardware 
> accelerated.  Very nice.
> Dow
> 
> 
> Orri Rail wrote:
> 
> >I got a new 20" dell 2001fp monitor which I can't
> use
> >in the default 1600x1200 at 60hz resolution.  The
> video
> >card is nvidia fx5200.  It works perfectly with win
> >xp.
> >
> >If i put the following correct sync rate in the
> >monitor section of xorg.conf :
> >
> >Section "Monitor"
> >  HorizSync    75
> >  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
> >  ModelName    "1600X1200 at 60HZ"
> >  Option       "DPMS"
> >  VendorName   "--> LCD"
> >  VertRefresh  60
> >EndSection
> >
> >then X won't start and comes with this error :
> >
> >(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable
> >configuration.
> >
> >"Fatal server error:
> >no screens found "
> >
> >Changing the the sync rate to "HorizSync 31-80"
> >launches X, but only in 1024x768 resolution.
> >
> >Here's my Device section in xorg.conf
> >
> >Section "Device"
> >  BoardName    "GeForce FX 5200"
> >  Driver       "nvidia"
> >  Identifier   "Device[0]"
> >  Screen       0
> >  VendorName   "NVidia"
> >EndSection
> >
> >The Xorg.0.log writes out :
> >"(II) NVIDIA(0): Mode "1600x1200" is larger than
> BIOS
> >programmed panel size of 1024 x 768.  Removing."
> >
> >Any help is greatly appreciated, I've been fiddling
> >with this for the last week.  (I've tried adding
> >modelines, but nothing works).
> >
> >I'm running Suse 9.2
> >
> >thanks,
> >Orri  
> >
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