Wide Screen distortion

[Tim Johnson]

On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Brendan wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Tim Johnson wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Tim Johnson wrote:
> >> > Hi:
> >> > I have acquired a new widescreen monitor. Nice to have all the
> >> > viewing "real estate", but things a now a bit "stretched
> >> > horizontally". Is there any adjustments to be done from X or KDE?
> >> > Notes:
> >> > kubuntu 7.04 amd64, KDE 3.5.6. Acer X221W monitor.
> >>
> >>   Addendum: Resolution is set at 1680X1050, default depth=24
> >>                    xorg.conf
> >
> > same monitor and resolution here...
> > Everything looks dandy.
>
> I don't believe that it can actually be using that resolution.  If it's
> using a normal ratio resolution, you'll see stretching.  If it's really
> using 1680x1050, you won't.
 Hi Derek: You're correct. I'm coming from slack and accustomed to manually
  setting xorg.conf and having the system pick it up.
  After letting kubuntu do it's thing, I now have the following sections in
  Xorg.conf that look like this:
  #######################################################
  Section "Monitor"
  identifier "Generic Monitor"
  vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
  modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
  modeline  "640x480 at 60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
  gamma 1.0
EndSection
########################################################
Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Default Screen"
  Device "Generic Video Card"
  Monitor "Generic Monitor"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    depth 24
    virtual 640 480
    modes "640x480 at 60"
  EndSubSection
EndSection
########################################################
I'm not sure if changes have yet been finalized in xorg.conf- I guess I will 
know when I restart X, but I'm starting to get the hang of it . If you look 
at my previous postings, you will see that I don't see a way to change KDE's 
default vertical refresh and horizontal range parameters.
thanks
Tim