Need help with monitor resolution Dell Optiplex GX620

[Peter k]

Interesting. And dell originally provided dvi-d cables for the
gx620's. What adapters/cables are you buying to fix it?
-peter

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:13 PM, David Trask <dtrask at vcsvikings.org> wrote:
> I fixed it...I learned not all DVI is the same.  The 620's use DVI-I...you
> need to have a DVI-I adapter.
>
> Odin Nøsen <odin at gnuskole.no> writes:
> I have a bunch of Dell Optiplex GX620's that I want to use in my lab.  They
> have one video output with a DVI-VGA dongle.  I am using a DVI to VGA
> adapter to connect to my VGA only ACER G185H monitor which has a native
> resolution of 1366x768 running at 60 hz
>
> So...no matter what I try (I've pasted my entry in lts.conf below...and I've
> tried varying options within by commenting things out...etc)  My xrandr -q
> output on the thin-client says that VGA1 is active and for modes up to
> 1024x768 (which looks silly on a 16.9 monitor of this size)  It also says
> DVI1 is disconnected.  I'm running Edubuntu 12.04....and I'd really like to
> solve this...it's about the only thing I have left.  Any ideas?
>
>
>
> I think you are out of luck... :-(
>
>
> We've had the same problem with a lot of Optiplexes with only a HDMI-output
> and using a HDMI->VGA-dongle. If we use HDMI X always chooses the right
> resolutions from the EDID-information. If we use VGA EDID, for some reason,
> always collapses to default 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480. I think this is
> because they save some pennies by not connection all the pins in the
> VGA-port.
>
>
> Doing a simple X_MODE_0=1366x768 won't work, because it isn't a mode from
> EDID while using the VGA1-port.
>
>
> I've searched the Internett for a solutions, but the only thing that I find
> is making a xorg.conf-file with some kind of default setup with the right
> monitor modes. You can use a xconf.conf generated when you use the
> DVI-connection as a start.
>
>
>
>
> Odin
>
>
>
>
>
>  [00:12:3f:c0:a8:81]
>  HOSTNAME = L11
>  XRANDR_DISABLE=True
>  XRANDR_OUTPUT_0 = "VGA1"
>  XRANDR_OUTPUT_1 = "DVI1 --off"
>  X_MODE_0=1366x768
>  XRANDR_RATE_0 = 60
>
> David Trask
> Technology Director/Teacher
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcsvikings.org
> (207) 923-4305
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