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I bought a Thinkcentre M73 (10AXS6E600) about a week ago and have had quite a bit of stress concerning getting the right display set up.
I have a Eizo FlexScan S2401W which is capable of displaying 1920x1200, and so is the Thinkcentre by using the VGA-port.
When using xrandr I follow what the man-pages say:
cvt 1920 1200
Which gives me:
"1920x1200_60.00" 193.25 1920 2056 2256 2592 1200 1203 1209 1245 -hsync +vsync
Then I run the following three commands
xrandr --newmode "1920x1200_60.00" 193.25 1920 2056 2256 2592 1200 1203 1209 1245 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode 1920x1200_60.00
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1200_60.00
The result is that my desktop gets extended to the right, but the resolution stays the same. No flicker, no nothing. If I use arandr to "revert" the screen flickers and reverts to 1600x1200.
Any help? Am I doing something wrong?
EDIT: The solution is found in post 19 and 20. Thanks!
Last edited by re-mind (2017-09-19 20:09:23)
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Which model thinkcentre M73 ?
please post lpsci -k , xorg log and xrandr -q (xrandr before executing those commands)
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The M73 is a 10AXS6E600 - unfortunately it seems I have linked to another manual in the first post. However the specifications are the same.
Lspci -k https://ptpb.pw/rrI0
xrandr -q https://ptpb.pw/Fd1y
xorg.log https://ptpb.pw/ymiA
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The cable is straight vga/vga (no adapters) and not "old"? (ie. sth. you screwed off a 15" crt or so ;-)
Also: after adding and setting the wuxga mode, does it help to trigger a re-scan on the monitor?
What does the xrandr ouput look *after*?
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The cable is straight vga/vga (no adapters) and not "old"? (ie. sth. you screwed off a 15" crt or so ;-)
Also: after adding and setting the wuxga mode, does it help to trigger a re-scan on the monitor?
What does the xrandr ouput look *after*?
Hi Thanks for commenting.
Yeah the cable is straight VGA->VGA. I works great with my Lenovo X250 laptop (1920x1200). Rescan does nothing for the resolution.
This is the new output https://ptpb.pw/YTlr
I'm close to accepting 1600x1200, but my God! Give me some few extra pixels please.
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re-mind: Just out of curiosity, what desktop environment or window manager are you using? This may or may not be related to your issue.
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The randr output says you're using a WUXGA resolution (no panning)
How does the issue manifest? How do you know the desktop extends to the right? Can you see the "right" part by approaching the right screen edge with the mouse?
And hyperreal_logic is probably on the right track here - the compositor might simply "forget" to update the GL viewport (so the used compositor is likely more relevant than the desktop environment)
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re-mind: Just out of curiosity, what desktop environment or window manager are you using? This may or may not be related to your issue.
I'm using i3vm-gaps I'm not sure if this could be related as this is also the vm for my laptop which has no problem with 1920x1200. What are your thoughts?
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The randr output says you're using a WUXGA resolution (no panning)
How does the issue manifest? How do you know the desktop extends to the right? Can you see the "right" part by approaching the right screen edge with the mouse?And hyperreal_logic is probably on the right track here - the compositor might simply "forget" to update the GL viewport (so the used compositor is likely more relevant than the desktop environment)
This is before: https://imagebin.ca/v/3aPOmLRRRFGx
This is after: https://imagebin.ca/v/3aPP9RtjniJU
Not sure if this is related or not, but I'm using compton.
Edit. Sorry No. Nothing happens when approaching the edge with my mouse. The cursor just dissapears.
Last edited by re-mind (2017-09-15 06:09:03)
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hyperreal_logic wrote:re-mind: Just out of curiosity, what desktop environment or window manager are you using? This may or may not be related to your issue.
I'm using i3vm-gaps I'm not sure if this could be related as this is also the vm for my laptop which has no problem with 1920x1200. What are your thoughts?
If you've imported your configuration for i3wm from your laptop, you might have also inadvertently imported saved state information. This would mean that i3 might be using the configuration options that are specific to your laptop, hence the wrong screen resolution. In your i3 config directory, look for (possibily hidden) files that contain saved layout information. The i3 Arch wiki article has a section title 'Save and restore window layout'. This features seems to save layout information in workspace.json files.
Have a look at these links:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3 … dow_layout
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3 … management
Also, check your .xinitrc for anything that might affect screen resolution.
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re-mind wrote:hyperreal_logic wrote:re-mind: Just out of curiosity, what desktop environment or window manager are you using? This may or may not be related to your issue.
I'm using i3vm-gaps I'm not sure if this could be related as this is also the vm for my laptop which has no problem with 1920x1200. What are your thoughts?
If you've imported your configuration for i3wm from your laptop, you might have also inadvertently imported saved state information. This would mean that i3 might be using the configuration options that are specific to your laptop, hence the wrong screen resolution. In your i3 config directory, look for (possibily hidden) files that contain saved layout information. The i3 Arch wiki article has a section title 'Save and restore window layout'. This features seems to save layout information in workspace.json files.
Have a look at these links:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3 … dow_layout
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3 … managementAlso, check your .xinitrc for anything that might affect screen resolution.
Arh Yeah okay. I get that. However, nothing was imported. It's a fresh install and everything was configured on the thinkcentre seperate from my laptop. Therefore there is only a simple and mostly unconfigured i3 config. My .xinitrc only has "exec i3". Nothing else.
EDIT: Just to clarify. What I meant about the laptop was that I use the same cable and have no problems with higher resolutions
Last edited by re-mind (2017-09-15 09:43:49)
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Did you try to kill/restart compton?
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Did you try to kill/restart compton?
Yes, I have just tried that with no change to resolution..
I'm starting to think it's some kind of weird hardware problem. Still, I can't find similar experiences anywhere on the net unless it's a driver issue which were resolved in windows.
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Try removing xf86-video-intel, this should make the modesetting driver take over. Just test its behavior.
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Try removing xf86-video-intel, this should make the modesetting driver take over. Just test its behavior.
Hi I tried to remove the xf86-video-intel which resulted in same res and xorg denying to start Am I missing some other driver?
EDIT: I have also the apperently have both mesa and lib32-mesa installed. Could that produce conflicts between the drivers?
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and xorg denying to start
In how far, with what error log and why?
Did you maybe "try" and leave an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf behind? :-P
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and xorg denying to start
In how far, with what error log and why?
Did you maybe "try" and leave an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf behind? :-P
Ffs sorry I really don't want to waste your time. I had forgotten about the 20-intel.conf. I moved it, and now it boots as it should to xorg.
I tried again with xrandr which resulted in
[chansen@Nicholas ~]$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1920x1200_60.00
xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed
[chansen@Nicholas ~]$
The screen turns black and then returns to 1600x1200. These are the last entries in my Xorg.log
[ 169.790] (II) modeset(0): Allocate new frame buffer 1920x1200 stride
[ 169.890] (EE) modeset(0): failed to set mode: Success
[ 169.925] (II) modeset(0): Allocate new frame buffer 1600x1200 stride
I hope this is what you asked for
Last edited by re-mind (2017-09-19 18:10:16)
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Try "cvt -r 1920 1200" for a modeline with reduced blanking.
The problem is either in the hardware, firmware or kernel module.
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Try "cvt -r 1920 1200" for a modeline with reduced blanking.
The problem is either in the hardware, firmware or kernel module.
Well shit. Now it works. Thank you so much!
xrandr --newmode "1920x1200R" 154.00 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +hsync -vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA-1 1920x1200R
xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1920x1200R
However, after a reboot I'm back to 1600x1200. How do I make this the default res?
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Seth, thank you so much for your patience I hope i can contribute in the same way later on.
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