screen resolution (Solved)

[Basil Chupin]

On 13/04/2011 13:38, chris wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 23:50 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 14:49 +1200, chris wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 22:36 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 11:07 +1200, chris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Writing xorg files just seem to be ignored.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideas please before I go completely insane
> <snip>
>>> will give that ago, and get back to you.
>>> With the nvidia driver the screen res drops back to 320x200!
>> I hope that works for you, it would have me pulling my hair out. :) Ric
>>
>>
> Hi Ric, Got it sorted, but for the future here is how I did it.
>
> Went to old Sanyo multisync E200 crt monitor
> Installed 10.04
> Set resolution to 2180x960  (default for this monitor
>
> Installed nvidia drivers appropriate for the video card Gforce 5200
> Nvidia 173 driver.
> Shutdown completely
> Rebooted
> using the nvidia settings tool set the screen resolution to 1680x1050
> 4:3

1680x1050 is *NOT* a 4:3 ratio as I already stated. It gives you 16:10.


>    to use my Viewsonic Monitor.
>
> Shutdown
>
> Set up with Viewsonic Monitor
>
> Voilà correct resolution and hertz.  All sweet.

Something doesn't sound right here, and I hope that you aren't stuffing 
your LCD monitor and making it live a short life :-( .

An LCD monitor is not a CRT monitor where you can fiddle around with its 
Hz settings, for example.

Using the analogue cable you can press the control button #1 on the 
frame under the screen and select "Auto Image Adjust" which will adjust 
the monitor to its native resolution as well as centre the image on the 
screen. You can also adjust the brighness/contrast settings because it 
is in analogue mode (but you *cannot* do so if it is connected via a 
digital cable).

> And here is the bonus.  Hooked up my kvm switch, so I can  flip between
> my 4 machines  Voilà .
>
> So this method works for kvm switches as well.  Might be brute force but
> all is sweet.

I don't recall you mentioning this kvm switch.

But never mind - you have it working to what satisfies you which is all 
that matters.

BC


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