Re: [TCLUG:17186] XFree 4.0

[Callum Lerwick <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>]

> > > Beware! It might kill your hires! At work it'll do 1280x1024 (which sucks,
> > > I used to be at 1600x1200 or more). At home, where I _used_ to be
> > > 1280x1024, it won't go over 1024x768!
> > I had that same problem with 2 of my systems. (One was a Voodoo III, the
> > other a Mach64) Then I started playing around with the HSync and VSync
> > settings and got it to do 1600x1200 on both systems. I can post my
> > XF86Config if you want.
> 
> The problem is, I _do_ have the optimal and correct modelines and
> hsync/vsync values. They work perfectly with X 3.3.6 and X4.0, but not
> with the nvidia drivers - and the startup log does NOT show an error.

Works fine for me at 1280x1024, which is all the better my monitor will
do.

And I'm not using modelines. ;) Heck, the Nvidia driver even centers the
display correctly, whereas the XFree nv driver needed to be bumped to
the left a few notches with xvidtune...