ubuntu / I-INC

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 06:14:09PM -0500, Mr Chris Aitken wrote:
> I just bought an I-INC 28" LCD display. I have a KVM switch between an 
> XP box and an Ubuntu 8.04. The XP box is running the display at 1600 X 
> 1200 at 32-bit. It looks great. My apps show as the size I had before 
> but I can fit more of 'em on the screen - exactly what I want.
> 
> Linux, however, is only offering 800 X 600 and 640 X 480 at a pathetic 
> 60 or 56 Hz. How can I correct this? I respectfully ask please not to 
> suggest a newer version installation of linux. I moved all most of my 
> work (except I have XP to run recording software since alsa still can't 
> fully "get" the E-MU 1212m pci card) precisely to get away from the 
> re-boot/re-install mentality of Microsoft.

Make sure the KVM is connecting the screen to the system when it boots,
since the system needs to read the  DDC info from the screen to figure
out what it is capable of.

Of course some KVM's provide their own "lies" about what the screen is
capable off, which is really annoying.  We have one at work that always
claims to be a 1024x768 at 75hz screen, no matter what is really connected.

You could probably go and manually add the info about the screen, and
tell X to ignore any DDC info (or lack thereof).

The log file for X in /var/log/Xorg.0.log should show what the DDC info
found was, and what decisions it has made based on it.

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Len Sorensen
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