[CentOS] Centos 5.7, I10 video, 1920x1080 monitor

Wed Jan 11 01:50:36 UTC 2012
Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com>

On 01/10/2012 05:56 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
> I have a Centos 5.7 machine with Intel I10 video (built-in, I guess -- this is
> one of those all-in-one mini terminal things)  that I'm trying to put a new
> 1920x1080 monitor onto, without conspicuous success. Prior to this it's been
> using a smaller monitor with no issues.
>
> Try as I might I can't get the new monitor to run at its 1920x1080 resolution.
> I just realized that I forgot to write down the actual resolution that it runs
> at but it's less than it should be, maybe 1280x1024?  Obviously the display
> looks pretty crappy like that.
>
> I tried following the instructions posted here:
>
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-change-display-resolution-settings-using-xrandr.html
>
> but when I got to the step of typing "xrandr --newmode ..." all I got was a
> help screen for xrandr command line options (and --newmode wasn't listed as one
> of them).
>
> I tried this:
>
> system-config-display --reconfig --set-resolution=1920x1080 --set-depth=24
> --set-driver=vesa --set-videoram=0
>
> It rewrote the xorg.conf file but I still didn't get 1920x1080.
>
> I tried changing "vesa" to "i810" in xorg.conf and was then told that the
> xserver can't be started.  It then took me to a simple GUI-style monitor setup
> screen and I told it that a 1920x1080 LCD monitor was connected.  It then
> created the following xorg.conf, but I still don't get 1920x1080.
>
> The Xorg.0.log file is over 2000 lines so I won't include it in this mesage but
> I have posted it here:
>
> http://www.melvilletheatre.com/Xorg.0.log.bz2
>
> Here is what I currently have for xorg.conf but again, it doesn't give me the
> full resolution on the monitor:
>
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "single head configuration"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "kbd"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1920x1080"
>   ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> 	HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
> 	VertRefresh  56.0 - 65.0
> 	Option	    "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "Videocard0"
> 	Driver      "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Videocard0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
>
>

Are you sure that your video card can support your desired resolution?

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