[Linux-users] Wide Screen problems with nVidia

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, Aug 04, 2007, Ben Duncan wrote:
>Ok, Just bought a Acre AL2223W 22" Wide Screen LCD panel and am trying to
>get it work right.
>
>Here is my lspci on the nVidia video card:
>
... stuff on nVidia deleted.
>
>Any suggestion on getting this thing to work in 1280 x 768 or
>1440 x 990 wide screen mode ?

I don't know what flavor of Linux you're running, but I think the
critical settings aren't the video card, but the monitor settings.

I'm most familiar with SuSE's ``sax2'' setup program which allows
one to specify monitor by manufacturer and model number.  It also
has a place to enter the monitor's dimensions in millimeters.  If
the monitor isn't available in their database, one can enter the
horizontal and vertical parameters manually.

I've just started working with CentOS which has a similar
program, system-config-display which has similar selections, but
I haven't found where it might allow things like the horizontal
and vertical specs or monitor dimensions.  The one on CentOS 4.5
gave me more options for resolutions and figured out the Dell
monitor model automatically while the one on CentOS 5.0 didn't

Bill
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