Wide screen monitor problem

[Dust of Empire]

Hi,
I just bought DELL's widescreen monitor 2005FPW. It works fine on windows. But when I switch to FC3 (I have dual boot installed), the X won't run because of error it encountered. Anyone knows how to reconfigure the X?
Thanks,
DOE

[ewdi]

DO not post multiple duplicate topic, no one would reply to your questions

What is your current X config and vid card

[Dust of Empire]

Sorry for posting multiple duplicate topic. It won't happen again :).
My vidio card is ATI 9800Pro. For X config, are you talking about xorg.conf? It works fine with my regular screen monitor. If it is necessary for you to know the details of xorg.conf, I will find a way to get it.
Thanks,
DOE

[ewdi]

you already installed the radeon driver right? can you post your xorg.conf

[Dust of Empire]

Hmmm. I didn't install radeon driver. When I installed FC3, I thought the intallation takes care of the video card configuration. And my regular screen monitor worked fine. Do you think I should install the latest ATI driver? I will try to post xorg.conf.
Thanks,
DOE

[Dust of Empire]

After searching the internet, I managed to get 1680x1050 widescreen mode (16:10) setup. So the monitor works fine now, except that the screen is somewhat off the center horizontally. How do I adjust the screen center within FC3?
Here is what I added to my xorg.conf:

Section "Modes"
Identifier "16:10"
ModeLine "1680x1050" 146.2 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "DELL 2005FPW"
UseModes "16:10"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Also under SubSection "Display" under Section "Screen", I added "1680x1050" as the first option to the Modes.
Thanks,
-DOE

[steelgrave]

After searching the internet, I managed to get 1680x1050 widescreen mode (16:10) setup. So the monitor works fine now, except that the screen is somewhat off the center horizontally. How do I adjust the screen center within FC3?
Here is what I added to my xorg.conf:


I had this exact problem and was about to post a new thread (glad the search button works hehehe)

My screen would lose 1/2 inch or so horizontally (top or bottom), no amount of fiddling with the monitor itself could get it all on the screen. My vid card is an X800 Pro, with the default driver for the card in FC3. I was thinking about trying my old vid card (Nvidia 5700), but hadn't had a chance.

I never tried the ATI driver because I've heard too many people have problems with it. (and I'm too much of a noob)

Edit: Isn't widescreen 16:9 and not 16:10??? Would those settings of 16:10 be causing the horizontal being too tall for the screen?

[CrystalCowboy]

It seems you found and fixed the Modes line under the "Screen" section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You should also take a look at the "Monitor" section, specifically the DisplaySize HorizSync and VertRefresh lines.
According to the Dell specs listing, max Vsync is 75 Hz, Max Hsync is 83 kHz and the display size is not listed. Maybe there's something in your manual, or you could get out a ruler and a calculator.

[faa_70]

I was about to post a question along these lines also...i have my server hooked up to my tv via dvi through my newly added nvidia card...i've updated the driver...but my xorg.conf file still has a resoulution of 800x600 only...how do i get it to show in 16x9?? i have a panasonic 50 lcd tv...the card is able to go up to 1920 x 1440 but i'm not sure how to configure my xorg.conf file to reflect this...

ps. i don't know anything about refresh rates and stuff

[brandor]

Have you tried hitting the auto adjust button on the monitor itself?

That just might fix the "slightly off-center" problem.

[l33r0y]

Have you tried hitting the auto adjust button on the monitor itself?

That just might fix the "slightly off-center" problem.


Auto adjust only applies to analog displays (DVI-A or D-SUB). I assume here that the original poster is using Digital DVI?

According to Dell, to get 1680x1050 with DVI, you need to use these specific settings:
- horizontal: 64.6 KHz
- vertical: 59.9 Hz
- pixel clock 119 MHz

[lucky21]

Where exactly do you find this xorg.conf file? I did a search, no luck. Didn't take the time to do a grep, figured I would ask! Thanks. New to editing xorg files.