Pitfalls to avoid buying/installing LCD monitor

[foxinsocks]

Originally Posted by Demz

what video card are you using? have you tried setting the resolution in the Nvidia settings or ATI settins ?

also you may wanna go to

system > Preferences > Hardware > screen Resolution an or change it there if you need to

VIA Integrated graphics in the chipset on the mobo.
See my last post. system > Preferences > Hardware > screen Resolution is where I see a resolution of 1400x1050 and it's the maximum resolution in the drop-down list. Maybe the limitation is in the chipset. The motherboard is about 4 yrs old.

interesting ..the only way i could think of fixing it is deleting your Xorg-config an let it rebuild itself

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Originally Posted by Demz

interesting ..the only way i could think of fixing it is deleting your Xorg-config an let it rebuild itself

See earlier post :-( Did that and got the same result, unfortunately :-( :-(

May be a 'real' video card (nVidia or ATI) will solve the problem but I's sure like to exhaust all the possiblities of the current kit first :-)

don't touch ATI the drivers are crap. go for Nvidia if you do get one

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Thanks :-) I was trying to remember which one to avoid. My gut feeling (vague memory) was telling me that nVidia was the preferred card.

I just has another thought about this resolution conundrum. 1400x1050 is a 4:3 ratio whereas wide screens (e.g. 1680x1050) are 16:9. Dunno where I go from here

i dont know either, have you tried editing your Xorg-config file an manually adding the correct info?

[foxinsocks]

Originally Posted by Demz

i dont know either, have you tried editing your Xorg-config file an manually adding the correct info?

xorg.conf contains the correct info :-(

well it has me stuffed what else to suggest.. only other thing is to buy a Nvidia Card

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Originally Posted by Demz

well it has me stuffed what else to suggest.. only other thing is to buy a Nvidia Card

Yep. Another day tomorrow and in the meantime, even if the screen's not quite right it's viewable :-)

Thanks.

[foxinsocks]

The subject matter has changed so I'll move to a new thread: "LCD resolution Problem"

OK. I'll close this thread down with a pointer to the new one, as this thread seems to have run its course:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=211458

Wayne