2405FPW & Linux

[Nox]

Just curious as I know these are popular...

Has anyone had 100% complete success at 1920x1200 under linux? If so, can you pm a copy of your xorg.conf please

Nox

[ikonia]

no problem.

If your having problems, its more likley to do with your drivers version/compatibiliy with xorg/xfree86.

Can you give me a little info on what card/driver/X versions your using, and maybe even the distro

Config coming tonight when I get home.

[ikonia]

Any update on what your using, so I can put a config together for you ?

[Nox]

sorry Ikonia! Internet was down Tuesday night for the first time ever, (not bad for 4+ years with eclipse!) and I was stuck at work until after 9pm last night.

I have an asus 6600 (non GT) the drivers from the nvidia site 767 off the top of my head and i'm running debian at the moment. I have to admit, i'm distro hopping at the moment, and am trying to find one to settle with. I would be using the version of X that came with debian, not sure which it is though.

I did spot what may be the prob though, I apparently need to set refresh to exactly 60Hz ie "1920x1200_60" which I hadn't done for the highest two resolutions.

Nox

[ikonia]

let me know how you get on, and if you still want the file
if you are using the "unusual" resolution in wide screen monitors I do find your monitor definitions vsync etc has to be spot on, also you may want to look at removing the lower "supported" options from your x config. On the monitors with higher resolutions X sometimes chooses the easiest to support (1024x786 for example) so if you remove it so it only has the option of 1920x1200 / 24 bit and your definitions are spot on - then you normally won' have a problem.

let me know how you get on and if you want me to set this up and give you a config.

[Nox]

Thanks!! Going through a bit of a shuffle at the moment, so I may wait for a complete reinstall - need a new HD with some space...

Nox

[Nox]

Seeing how this thread comes up third when you type in '2405fpw linux' into google, I thought i'd better update it! Its working, seems to be fine, just sorting... other things now!

So, here are the relevant pasrts of my xorg.conf:

Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 520 330
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
VendorName "DELL"
ModelName "DELL 2405FPW"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-76
Option "DPMS"
Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +HSync -VSync
Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200_60.00" "1680x1050_60.00"
EndSubSection
Device "Videocard0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Hope that helps someone.

Nox

[directhex]

i'd recommend ensuring your "Modes" line includes more normal things like 1024x768 and 1600x1200 - some games may fail to load if the resolutions are missing

[Nox]

Good point! I'll add those in when I get home - was pretty happy about getting it working to be honest, was getting a tad annoying. May have a minor delay though, D&D online have a stress test until the weekend...

Nox