[NTLUG:Discuss] Screen Size 1366x768

[terry]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Robert Pearson <e2eiod at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:33 AM, terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a Vizio 19" 720p 60Hz Class LCD HDTV, VA19L from Walmart:
>> http://www.walmart.com/Vizio-19-Class-LCD-HDTV/ip/10854033
>> I'm using a standard VGA cable [only type of port the tv / monitor has for
>> PC hookup] and can not seem to get my nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX
>> 440 AGP 8x] to do a screen size of 1366x768
> I did not have any luck with the opensource nv driver and so I installed
>> nvidia-legacy96-driver-96.43.14-x86-1 and am still unable to do it - (I'm
>> pretty sure that's the correct driver...)
>> I'm using xorg-server-1.6.3-i486 and just looks like it won't detect the
>> capability to do anything higher than 800x600 and I don't know how to force
>> it.
>>
>> xrandr -q
>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
>> default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>>   800x600        60.0*    56.0
>>   640x480        60.0
>>   400x300        60.0     56.0
>>   320x240        60.0
>>
>> (First time to use "xrandr", reading man file now...)
>>
>> I tried a "Screen" section like this:
>>
>>   1. Section "Screen"
>>   2.         Identifier "Screen0"
>>   3.         Device     "Card0"
>>   4.         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>   5.         SubSection "Display"
>>   6.                 Modes "1366x768"
>>   7.                 Viewport 0 0
>>   8.                 Depth     24
>>   9.         EndSubSection
>>   10. EndSection
>>
>> But that didn't seem to work.  Just not sure what to try next...  Any clues?
>>
>>
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> How is it as an TV/HDTV? I am not familiar with Vizio TV's. Thanks.
>

Well, I don't know... really...  but...

I tried a modline earlier but had it in Screen section but it belongs
in Monitor section.  I've got one in the proper place now and am
getting   "1600x1200"  but have  yet to achieve "1366x768"

The nvidia-xconfig app is generating a Modes line like this:
Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   ... so I modified it to;
Modes      "1366x768" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 ... but still don't get option for "1366x768"

I'm using this modeline calculator now, [may be just the ticket for
oddball monitors]:
http://www.arachnoid.com/modelines/index.html

I'm thinking that some other stuff needs to be stripped from xorg.conf
in order to make it work.
  If anyone has time to look, here is the one I have now:
pastebinit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
http://pastebin.com/f414fa397
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