T60 + SyncMaster 2343nwx - Wrong Resolution
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:49 pm
Hello everybody. I'm trying to migrate for the 5th time to Linux, and leave Windows in the past.
The problem is that there is always something not properly working.
I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed on my ThinkPad T60.
I normally have the T60 connected to a Samsung 2343nwx, and i only use the ThinkPad LCD when i need to leave the house.
The T60 video card is INTEL 945GM based.
The T60 screen is 1400x1050 NOT wide.
The 2343nwx is 2048x1152 wide.
I want Ubuntu to use 1400x1050 resolution when i'm using the T60 LCD, and 2048x1152 when using the 2343nwx.
But the only option i see is 1024x768.
I tried to follow this steps, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ost8441312 , but i only managed to get the monitor all gray, with a metalic "texture", and my only option was to restart:
1) ~$ cvt 2048 1152
# 2048x1152 59.90 Hz (CVT 2.36M9) hsync: 71.58 kHz; pclk: 197.00 MHz
Modeline "2048x1152_60.00" 197.00 2048 2184 2400 2752 1152 1155 1160 1195 -hsync +vsync
2) ~$ xrandr
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) 510mm x 287mm
2048x1152 59.9 +
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 60.0
LVDS1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 287mm x 215mm
1400x1050 60.0 + 85.0 74.8 70.0 60.0 50.0
1280x1024 85.0 75.0 60.0
1280x960 85.0 60.0
1360x768 59.8
1152x864 100.0 85.1 85.0 75.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1024x768 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 60.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
0x0 0.0
DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
3) xrandr --newmode "2048x1152_60.00" 197.00 2048 2184 2400 2752 1152 1155 1160 1195 -hsync +vsync
4) xrandr --addmode VGA1 2048x1152_60.00
5) xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 2048x1152_60.00 --output LVDS1 --off
I get the monitor to go all gray, with a metallic "texture" and i need to restart.
I also tried to add HorizSync and VertRefresh to the xorg.conf file, following this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8302145 but no luck, i only see 1024x768.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 61.0
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "2343nwx"
EndSection
One thing i wonder, could this problem be relate to the internal monitor still stuck at 1024x768? Cause i always tried to fix the external monitor issue first.
Anybody with any idea? I don't want to go back to Windows 7, but i have spend the whole saturday trying to make this work, with no luck, and a 23" monitor at 1024x768 looks really awfull.
Thanks.
The problem is that there is always something not properly working.
I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed on my ThinkPad T60.
I normally have the T60 connected to a Samsung 2343nwx, and i only use the ThinkPad LCD when i need to leave the house.
The T60 video card is INTEL 945GM based.
The T60 screen is 1400x1050 NOT wide.
The 2343nwx is 2048x1152 wide.
I want Ubuntu to use 1400x1050 resolution when i'm using the T60 LCD, and 2048x1152 when using the 2343nwx.
But the only option i see is 1024x768.
I tried to follow this steps, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ost8441312 , but i only managed to get the monitor all gray, with a metalic "texture", and my only option was to restart:
1) ~$ cvt 2048 1152
# 2048x1152 59.90 Hz (CVT 2.36M9) hsync: 71.58 kHz; pclk: 197.00 MHz
Modeline "2048x1152_60.00" 197.00 2048 2184 2400 2752 1152 1155 1160 1195 -hsync +vsync
2) ~$ xrandr
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) 510mm x 287mm
2048x1152 59.9 +
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 60.0
LVDS1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 287mm x 215mm
1400x1050 60.0 + 85.0 74.8 70.0 60.0 50.0
1280x1024 85.0 75.0 60.0
1280x960 85.0 60.0
1360x768 59.8
1152x864 100.0 85.1 85.0 75.0 75.0 70.0 60.0
1024x768 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 60.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
0x0 0.0
DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
3) xrandr --newmode "2048x1152_60.00" 197.00 2048 2184 2400 2752 1152 1155 1160 1195 -hsync +vsync
4) xrandr --addmode VGA1 2048x1152_60.00
5) xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 2048x1152_60.00 --output LVDS1 --off
I get the monitor to go all gray, with a metallic "texture" and i need to restart.
I also tried to add HorizSync and VertRefresh to the xorg.conf file, following this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8302145 but no luck, i only see 1024x768.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 61.0
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "2343nwx"
EndSection
One thing i wonder, could this problem be relate to the internal monitor still stuck at 1024x768? Cause i always tried to fix the external monitor issue first.
Anybody with any idea? I don't want to go back to Windows 7, but i have spend the whole saturday trying to make this work, with no luck, and a 23" monitor at 1024x768 looks really awfull.
Thanks.