[LAU] monitor shot, need advice for a new one

[hollunder at gmx.at]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:24:05 -0700
"Mark Knecht" <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not too many. I used xorg.conf for our Samsung 17" and 19" monitors.
> My son's 22" is on a Windows only machine so no direct experience with
> setting up X on that monitor but I suspect it's probably very straight
> forward.
> 
> I would suggest that you get out the manual for your new monitor and
> find the exact specs - vertical and horizontal sync rates, horizontal
> and vertical pixel count, etc., and then approach the X config as a
> custom monitor. I've had better luck setting them up that way.
> 
> Keep in mind that with flat panel displays there is only one *real*
> pixel count. There is no way to change how many pixels are on the
> screen. If your monitor is 1620x1280 native then that's all it runs.
> When you set a different resolution in xorg.config then software or
> hardware has to make a conversion to the native resolution of the
> display. This is different than an old style analog monitor that just
> changed how fast it painted pixels and could change the real
> resolution. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is I find it best to
> first set the monitor up using whatever the actual resolution of the
> monitor is and try running that resolution for a few days. If you're
> happy with it then stick with it as it's the best picture quality and
> the lower system overhead.
> 
> Whatever you do I'm sure you'll be happy.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark

Congratz Dave, and thanks Mark.
I just replaced my old 15" (or 17"?) CRT with a flat one of the same
size but can't get anything above 1024 out of it. Maybe that's just the
hardware limit?
Configuring monitors in ubuntu hardy heron with a practically empty
xorg.conf is even more fun than it used to be.. hooray for
'simplification'.
/end rant
have fun
	Philipp