Anton Aylward composed on 2019-04-04 17:13 (UTC-0400):
I'm currently using a LG Flatron LG1953T in 1280x1024@60Hz mode. It has a few other mods such as 1280x960 (a 4x3) as well.
I've just picked up a wide-screen Flatron, a W1492TQ at a yard sale for C$15. While I can find Windows drivers for this my google-foo has not turned up specification and timing.
Xorg.0.log reports "Monitor Name", which is the model number, VertRefresh and HorizSync on the "Ranges:" line following, following that with raw EDID and modelines for probed modes. 1440x900 probably requires no hardware-specific display driver on Windows since Vista at least.
OK, I could plug it in and hope for the nest, it is physically wider, so I wonder. Do I get more pixels or is this a compromise like some of the wide laptops I see, 1440 x 900 ?
IMO this mode was made originally because 19" 1680x1050, 19" 1600x900 and 19" 1980x1080 displays were too much display density for many of the people in the market for 19" (aka low cost) widescreen. Other than with laptops, I've never seen 1440x900 as preferred mode in any size other than 19".
What would be nice is 2560X1600.
Those are seriously expensive. 2560x1440 can be had for half as much or less.
Am I dreaming? What would be the modeline?
Xorg has been smart enough to generate modelines on its own (and read them from EDID) for well over a decade. Last time I needed one manually configured was with XFree86 much too long ago to remember.
If your Optiplex 755 is using its onboard Intel GPU and, that's what you connected the 1492 to, it should automatically use 1440x900, if the 1492's EDID reports it, and if you don't have some manual config somewhere to override it. If your kernel cmdline has a video= option and your Xorg is using the Intel DDX driver rather than the default Xorg DDX driver (modesetting), then Xorg will use that cmdline video= mode, assuming the display actually supports it. If the modesetting DDX is in use, this won't happen, same as with AMD and NVidia GPUs. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org