On Sunday 01 April 2007 09:22, Srebrenko Sehic wrote:
quoted text
> On 3/31/07, Eric Dillenseger <eric.dillenseger@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I tried different ModeLine generators from the net, and tried to do
> > it myself using Xorg' logfile. Not helping me out.
>
> I have a Dell 20 inch monitor and it works fine with it's native
> 1680x1050. I had to tweak the Modeline manually but eventually got it
> to work. On a oldish S3 card though. But it just might work for you
> too.
>
> Section "Monitor"
>
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "DEL"
>         ModelName    "DELL 2007WFP"
>         #HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
>         #VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
>         Option      "DPMS"
>
>         ModeLine        "1680x1050@60" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050
> 1053 1059 1080 -HSync +VSync
> EndSection

Monitor timing/sync is hardware specific and in some cases, if you get 
it wrong, you can do permanent damage to your monitor.

Use gtf(1) to probe your hardware to figure out timings/sync for your 
desired resolution/refresh, and then do a sanity check of the reported 
values against the hardware documentation.