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I'd like to ask you for advice. I have this laptop FUJITSU-SIEMENS Amilo Pro V3205, but with broken display. I am trying to set up external monitor as a main monitor(1600x1200), but I have problem to set correct resolution. (I have been using Arch for half year on my PC, so be patience with me.)
I did this:
1. Turned off the broken display in BIOS, but it still run as external.
2. Installed and configured X.
3. Installed intel video driver.
4. Tried to set up resolution with xrandr
[dudko@arch ~]$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
848x480 60.0
640x480 59.9 59.9
LVDS1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.0*+ 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
[dudko@arch ~]$But if I set xrand
[dudko@arch ~]$ xrandr -s 1600x1200@60
Size 1600x1200 not found in available modes5. I don't know what to do now. I am using OpenBox as WM. Please, could you help me?
Last edited by dudko (2010-04-30 08:24:05)
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first, in xrandr table there's no 1600x1200 mode, that's why it refused to set it. You should add new 1600x1200 mode (use gtf to calculate it), register it to specific output, than xrandr can set it for you.
second, AFAIK, intel GMA are handled automatically by KMS, so you should get native display resolution both in console and X without troubles. Did you use KMS?
Here's a use case scenario of KMS (you should add intel_agp and i915 on MODULES array in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and rebuild the initramfs) on my eeepc 700 (internal display: 7" 800x480, external: 16" 1366x768). In order to set the external display as main display, I boot up with the lid closed, so the external display get native resolution and the internal stays off. Yes, this is not a good method, but it works.
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I tried to add new mode to xrandr and it worked. But there are some weird offsets in firefox.
I had a look at KMS too, and when I rebooted laptop, I finally get native bash resolution, but when I start X, I had still default 1024x768. I thought it will run native resolution, but it didn't. So, I don't know what to do now.
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When you use KMS, try to remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that it wont interfere with KMS auto-detection (perhaps you define a mode there, thats why KMS will use that mode). When you still use HAL for input hotplugging, there should be no problem when you remove that file. When you don't employ HAL for input hotplugging, then edit xorg.conf as necessary (for input devices) without specifying any mode for the monitor. When that still doesn't work, add a modeline for your desired resolution (the method actually the same as adding a new xrandr mode, by specifying the mode this way, you dont need to use xrandr everytime you work in X. please consult intel, xorg.conf and xrandr man page on how to setup),
Here's an xorg.conf content example:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "monitor-TV1" "TV1"
Option "monitor-VGA1" "VGA1"
Option "monitor-LVDS1" "LVDS1"
EndSection
#Disable TV1 output
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TV1"
Option "Ignore" "1"
EndSection
#Disable LVDS1 output
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LVDS1"
Option "Ignore" "1"
EndSection
#Define VGA1 as primary output and add a modeline for it
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VGA1"
Option "primary" "1"
modeline "1600x1200" 160.96 1600 1704 1880 2160 1200 1201 1204 1242 -HSync +Vsync"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "VGA1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
modes "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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Thank you nsa.wijayanto.:D
It had to play with xorg.conf and it works. Finally. Thank's again.
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you're welcome. If you're satisfied, please mark this thread as solved as suggested here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50161
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