Monitor settings for Acer X223W --SOLVED--

[Jay Ridgley]

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> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:28:35 -0000
> From: Steve <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: Monitor settings for Acer X223W
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> On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:02:59 -0000, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>  
> wrote:
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>> 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 ?
>>
> Add the following two lines to Section "Monitor"
> 
> 	HorizSync    30-82
> 	VertRefresh  56-76
> 
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THANKS Steve!

I had found the settings in the docs for the Acer X223W. But was not 
exactly sure how to put them in the the configuration file.


My final settings are as follows:...

Section "Device"
          Identifier      "3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3"
          Driver          "tdfx"
          BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
          Identifier      "Acer X223W"
          VendorName      "Acer Inc."
          ModelName       "X223W"
          Option          "DPMS"
	 HorizSync       30-82
          VertRefresh     56-76
EndSection

Section "Screen"
          Identifier      "Default Screen"
          Device          "3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3"
          Monitor         "Acer X223W"
          DefaultDepth    24
          SubSection 	"Display"
...
   		Depth           24
                 Modes           "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" 
"1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
          EndSubSection
EndSection

Regards,
Jay



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Jay Ridgley
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