Xorg resolution with VGA Switch

Aurélien PROVIN aprovin at linux62.org
Wed May 27 07:49:18 PDT 2009


Hi,

I bought a VGA switch to switch some devices on one monitor.
But resolution of my X session is limited to 1024x768 instead of 1920x1200.
If I hotplug the switch when the X session is started in 1920x1200, it works.

Could you help me ?

Regards,

Aurelien


the vga switch:

http://aprovin.linux62.org/others/forums/vga_switch_back.jpg
http://aprovin.linux62.org/others/forums/vga_switch_front.jpg


xrandr --query (no vga switch) :

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 1920 x 1200
default connected 1920x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1920x1200      50.0*
   1920x1080      51.0
   1680x1050      52.0     53.0
   1600x1200      54.0
   1440x900       55.0     56.0
   1400x1050      57.0     58.0     59.0
   1360x768       60.0     61.0
   1280x1024      62.0     63.0     64.0     65.0
   1280x960       66.0
   1152x864       67.0     68.0     69.0     70.0
   1024x768       71.0     72.0     73.0
   960x600        74.0
   960x540        75.0
   840x525        76.0     77.0     78.0     79.0
   832x624        80.0
   800x600        81.0     82.0     83.0     84.0
   720x450        85.0
   700x525        86.0     87.0
   680x384        88.0     89.0
   640x480        90.0     91.0     92.0
   512x384        93.0     94.0
   400x300        95.0
   320x240        96.0     97.0

xrandr --query (with vga switch) :

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768       50.0*
   800x600        51.0     52.0     53.0
   680x384        54.0     55.0
   640x480        56.0
   512x384        57.0
   400x300        58.0
   320x240        59.0

Xorg.conf :

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"fr"
	Option		"XkbVariant"	"latin9"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	Option      	"RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Option      	"backingstore" "true"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection




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