Monitor settings for Acer X223W

[Steve]

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:02:59 -0000, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>  
wrote:

> 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 ?
>
You may well need a section like this

Section "Monitor"
     HorizSync    28-72
     VertRefresh  43-60
EndSection

the appropriate numbers should be in the manual or on the manufacturers  
site
-- 
Steve