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[Bug 293209] Re: External display - 1440x900 resolution not detected

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From: richtl <richtl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:17:09 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 293209 <293209@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The nvidia settings GUI is quite broken with regards to twinview. I
solved this problem by disabling "nvidia-auto-select," manually setting
the resolution in my xorg.conf file (after backing up the file, of
course), and restarting X.

Section "Screen"
        Identifier     "Screen0"
        Device         "Device0"
        Monitor        "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24
        Option         "TwinView" "1"   
        Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
        # [BROKEN ENTRY] Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1360x768 +1440+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; CRT: NULL, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
        # NEW ENTRY FOLLOWS:
        Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1440x900 +1440+0, DFP: 1440x900 +0+0; CRT: NULL, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth       24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

This probably isn't elegant and I may not have the line exactly right,
but it works.

RichTL

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External display - 1440x900 resolution not detected
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