Falling short...

[ViRaL1]

Some days I'm more easily amused than others. Here's an example of not living up to expectations. This is from the spec sheet at Staples on a 17" LCD Monitor.





Crap! This is what happens when you have too many windows open. I'd like to put in for a transfer to OT on this one, even though it IS technically computer related.

[808smokey]

Is that considered "Overclocking"

Makes sense to me... I always wanted a monitor that works better beyond its limits.

[Capmaster]

Some days I'm more easily amused than others. Here's an example of not living up to expectations. This is from the spec sheet at Staples on a 17" LCD Monitor.





Crap! This is what happens when you have too many windows open. I'd like to put in for a transfer to OT on this one, even though it IS technically computer related.

Done

[zzyzzx]

Perhaps you ought to email Staples a link to this thread....

[Dr. DOS]

If this 17" is maxed out at 1kx768 then don't buy it.

[Garibaldi]

Crap! This is what happens when you have too many windows open. I'd like to put in for a transfer to OT on this one, even though it IS technically computer related.

I've got a question for you. I've got a GEM flat monitor (I believe its 16 in), and it runs 1024x786 in windows with no problem (xp). I also have a linux install, a distro based on slackware. The max resolution it shows in KDE is 800x600! I know I can edit my xorg.conf file but if I do that and my monitor won't work, I won't be able to boot. When I tried 1024x786 during setup the monitor said "Out of Range"??
Any ideas?

[tekkieman]

Did setup not give you an option to scan the monitor (assuming an off brand didn't show in the list of monitors) Besides the resolution, you need to provide the frequency...that's why the scan function is useful. Even if you couldn't boot into your desktop, you should still be able to boot to the command line and edit your x config file back.

[Garibaldi]

Did setup not give you an option to scan the monitor (assuming an off brand didn't show in the list of monitors) Besides the resolution, you need to provide the frequency...that's why the scan function is useful. Even if you couldn't boot into your desktop, you should still be able to boot to the command line and edit your x config file back.

Yes, it scanned it automatically to find my sync value... I have grafical boot as default so if that wouldn't work would it just fall back to an x11 session? Here is my xorg.conf file:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 28.0-96.0
VertRefresh 50.0-62.0
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: [i]: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # [i]
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # [i]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

What would I have to modify, all of those 800x600's to 1024x786?

[tekkieman]

Whoa! As soon as I see nVidia, I step back. Almost every distro I've read about has issues with the stock drivers. I believe there is an updated driver that would resolve the issue more thoroughly.

[Garibaldi]

Whoa! As soon as I see nVidia, I step back. Almost every distro I've read about has issues with the stock drivers. I believe there is an updated driver that would resolve the issue more thoroughly.

Do you know where I could find the driver? Also, I'm using the 2.4 kernel.