No 1680x1050 for external monitor

[chris]

On Sat, 2012-06-02 at 13:19 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Johnny Rosenberg
> <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would try to install another distribution, for example Ubuntu 12.04
> > or an older Kubuntu on the same computer. If that works, I would take
> > a look at the xorg.conf file and use it, or parts of it, in the
> > Kubuntu 12.04 installation.
> >
> > But there might be better suggestions out there; I am really very far
> > from expert level…
> >
> 
> Thanks, Johnny. An earlier, 32 bit version of Kubuntu suffered the
> same issue on the same hardware last time I tried (about 1 year ago).
> 
> -- 
> Dotan Cohen
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There is a program in the repositories that lets you find the edid for
any monitor.  have used it in the past to set up dual heads etc, but
cannot remember its name right now.  A troll through synaptic should
find it.


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Cheers the Kiwi