Widescreen Monitor config Problem

[Matthew Monaco]

On 09/22/2010 10:47 PM, Scott Ballantyne wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> Thank you very much for your suggestion, which I tried. Regrettably without
> success.
>
> You write:
>
>> If you look at that Xorg log, you'll see that the EDID received for
>> the monitor doesn't show 1920x1080 as a valid resolution.
>
> Perhaps I don't understand how to read the log file:
>
>> (II) RADEON(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
>> snip...
>> (II) RADEON(0): Supported detailed timing:
>> (II) RADEON(0): clock: 138.5 MHz   Image Size:  510 x 290 mm
>> (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1920  h_sync: 1968  h_sync_end 2000 h_blank_end 2080/sys/class/drm h_border: 0
>> (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 1080  v_sync: 1083  v_sync_end 1088 v_blanking: 1111
> I understand this to mean that 1920x1080 is the preferred mode, with
> these parameters. The monitor manual also states that
> 1920x1080 is the 'best'.
>
> But perhaps I'll try playing with some of the other resolutions.
>
> Thanks again for your suggestion.
> Scott
>
>
>

I really don't know that much about this, however what caught my eye was this:

(II) RADEON(0): Supported established timings:
(II) RADEON(0): 720x400 at 70Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 640x480 at 60Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 640x480 at 75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 800x600 at 56Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 800x600 at 60Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 800x600 at 75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 832x624 at 75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 1024x768 at 60Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 1024x768 at 75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 1280x1024 at 75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 1152x864 at 75Hz

The same thing actually appears twice for the same connection DVI-1.

Does KMS have the console at 1920x1080? You might try adding

video=VGA-0:d,HDMI-0:d,... etc

to the kernel command line in menu.lst do be sure that xorg isn't trying to use 
a different connection for some reason, to see the connection names:

ls /sys/class/drm