Monitor settings for Acer X223W

[Jay Ridgley]

I tried to use the "tdfx" driver and the results were not satisfactory 
(screen resolution much diminished). So I returned it "vesa".

I added the "1680x1050" mode to each line for depths 1 through 24.
There was no change. Is there some setting that tells Xconfig that the 
monitor is a W I D E   S C R E E N ?

Cheers,
Jay

 > Message: 3 Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:28:40 -0000
 > From: Steve <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>
 > Subject: Re: Monitor settings for Acer X223W
 > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
 > <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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 > >On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:13:18 -0000, Jay Ridgley
 > > <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
 > > Folks,
 > >
 > > I recently had to replace my monitor...
 > >
 > > Does anyone have settings for an Acer X223W Monitor that yield 1:1
 > > aspect? The way my system is configured the display is in wide screen
 > > and I would much prefer the 1:1 like I am use to having.
 > >
 > > I have the following settings in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
 > >
 > > ...
 > > Section "Device"
 > >          Identifier      "3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3"
 > >          Driver          "vesa"
 > >          BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
 > > EndSection
 > >
 > > Section "Monitor"
 > >          Identifier      "Acer X223W"
 > >          VendorName      "Acer Inc."
 > >          ModelName       "X223W"
 > >          Option          "DPMS"
 > > EndSection
 > >
 > > Section "Screen"
 > >          Identifier      "Default Screen"
 > >          Device          "3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3"
 > >          Monitor         "Acer X223W"
 > >          DefaultDepth    24
 > >          SubSection 	"Display"
 > > ...
 > >   		Depth           24
 > >                  Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
 > > "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 > >          EndSubSection
 > > EndSection
 > > ...
 > >
 > > According to the notes that came with the unit the maximum resolution
 > > is 1680x1050 with a depth of 24. Can I add that resolution to the Modes
 > > line thusly:
 > >
 > > 		Modes	"1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624"
 > > "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 > >
 > > Thanks,
 > > Jay
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
Probably but I?d start by chancing the driver to tdfx which is the correct
driver for your card and seeing what happens then.

-- Steve
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Jay Ridgley
jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
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