[aclug-L] Re: default screen for x configuration? (fwd)

[Tom Hull <thull@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That worked. Thanks.

However, a couple more questions:

 1) At 1280x1024, I'm getting (according to the mode line that
    xvidtune shows) an interlaced display, which doesn't seem
    to be as crisp as I get at other resolutions (which are all
    -hsync -vsync, except for 1600x1280 which is +hsync +vsync).

    The monitor rates are:

      HorizSync 30-110
      VertRefresh 50-160

    The monitor is a MAG DJ920 (although the Monitor Identifier
    is "MAG37206"). The video card S3 ViRGE/GX2 4MB. The mode
    lines for 1280x1024 are:

> # -- 1280x1024 --
> # 1280x1024 @ 61 Hz, 64.2 kHz hsync
>     Modeline "1280x1024"  110    1280 1328 1512 1712
>                                  1024 1025 1028 1054
> # 1280x1024 @ 70 Hz, 74.59 kHz hsync
>     Modeline "1280x1024"  126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696
>                                 1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync -VSync
> # 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync
>     Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1456 1712
>                                  1024 1027 1030 1064
> # 1280x1024 @ 76 Hz, 81.13 kHz hsync
>     Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1416 1664
>                                  1024 1027 1030 1064
> # 1280x1024 @ 85 Hz, 91.15 kHz hsync
>     Modeline "1280x1024"  157.5  1280 1344 1504 1728
>                                  1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync
> # 1280x1024 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 51 kHz hsync
>     Modeline "1280x1024"   80    1280 1300 1516 1684
>                                  1024 1037 1045 1077 Interlace
> # 1280x1024 @ 100 Hz, 107.16 kHz hsync
>     Modeline "1280x1024"  181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696
>                                  1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync -VSync

    I'm not sure why the Interlace line is being selected. To the
    extent that I understand this (not much), the monitor should
    be able to handle 1280x1024 @ 100Hz, 107.16kHz hsync. Is the
    video card the limit?

 2) I'm still getting a 1600x1200 virtual screen size, so I wind up
    having to pan the screen. Is this derived from the fact that
    there are 1600x1200 screen sizes in XF86Config? or elsewhere?
    Or is this a property of the window manager (Enlightenment) or
    GNOME?


Thomas Wallis wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Clint A. Brubakken wrote:
> 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:40:54 -0600
> > From: Tom Hull <thull@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: aclug@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: default screen for x configuration?
> >
> > I just installed RH6.1, and for the first time in my
> > life it came up with a usable XF86Config right out of
> > the box. However, when I run startx, I seem to be
> > getting a 1600x1200 screen. I'm impressed, but my
> > eyes aren't up to the challenge. I'd like to be
> > running something more like 1280x1024. So, my question:
> > how can I set a default screen resolution?
> >
> > I imagine this can be done with some option to startx,
> > which can preferably be stuck in a .xinitrc file.
> >
> > Of course, I could just delete all references to 1600x1200
> > in XF86Config, but I like the idea of being able to use
> > CTL-ALT-+ to show off the higher resolution.
> 
>         You can change the order of resolutions in the XF86Config file
> (the Modes lines associated with the server you are using).  You can put
> the mode you want to come up by default first.  Leave 1600x1200, but put
> it later in the Modes line, and when you hit Cntrl-Alt-+ you will get
> there eventually.
> 
>                                 Tom Wallis
> 
>  > >  -- Tom Hull / thull@xxxxxxxxxxx