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["Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru)" <andreil1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 25 November 2006 06:18, Basil Chupin wrote:

Hi !

Thanks for suggestion. I did EXACTLY the same. Still no luck. Would you please 
e-mail me your xorg.conf? It is located in /etc/X11?

Thanks in advance


> Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have replaced my dead monitor with new widescreen LCD ViewSonic VX2025
> > with native resolution 1680x1050 (I think it is equal to Apple Cinema
> > Display and other 20.1" analogs).
> >
> > The problem is that SAX cannot set resolution over 1280x1024 no matter
> > what I have tried. I even deleted x.org configs, reinstalled x.org, sax2,
> > nVidia 9629 drivers and even reset BIOS.
> >
> > VX2025 is not listed in SAX hardware profiles, and unfortunately, SAX has
> > a bug and it cannot read driver CD neither from Combo neither from DVD-R
> > I have. I could copy vx2025.inf file, but I cannot find where.
>
> [pruned]
>
> I bought the VX2025WM 2 days ago and it is running very, very well,
> thank you on 10.1.
>
> And it is running at the native resolution of 1680x1050.
>
> Start sax2 and go to monitor change where you select the LCD--> default
> option -- which is equivalent to VESA--> default -- and there you will
> find the only entry of 1680x1050@60Hz.  Select this and.... the
> Viewsonic will work like magic.
>
> (BTW, the monitor is recognised automatically in 10.2 RC1.)
>
> A point: you will need to drop the gamma for the monitor (Personal
> Settings>Display>Gamma) from the 1.0 down to whatever level you feel
> comfortable with -- I went down to 0.70 gamma -- because the screen is
> *too* bright :-( . Also, select sRGB colour rather than the default
> 6500K to get "proper" colours. Finally, use the digital connection to
> get better picture but bear in mind that with digital connection you
> lose 2 monitor controls because they are not needed (read the User
> Manual on disc).

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