Ubuntu 7.10 : Low Resolution For Acer AL1706

[Felix Miata]

On 2007/10/29 20:26 (GMT) Nigel Wilkinson apparently typed:

> The problem was the Monitor section
> I can't remember whether it was the HorizSync or VertRefresh that the
> range did not go high enough. I entered the figures from my old fiesty
> Xorg.conf which I happened to have saved. Why fiesty recognised my
> monitor but gutsy doesn't I don't know

> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
> 	Option		"DPMS"
> 	HorizSync	28-64
> 	VertRefresh	43-60

Some ostensibly 60 Mhz displays run a fraction over 60. Xorg takes the
maximum of 60 literally, which means it will find one requiring 60.017 MHz
out of range. I set the VertRefresh to 56-61 and haven't found anything that
wouldn't work yet.
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