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

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