Can't get my new monitor to display widescreen resolutions correctly.

Just bought a new 19" widescreen monitor with a maximum resolution of 1440x900. 1280x960 and other normal resolutions work fine, but they're distorted. But when I try to start X with 1440x900 resolution, the entire screen seems as if it's been moved to the right 2 inches and up half an inch. That is to say, there are black bars on the left and bottom, and the desktop area goes off the screen to the top and right.
I've been googling and searching forums all day but I haven't found any solution to this problem. Changing the monitor geometry in the menu can help, but it can't shift it enough to actually fix it.
My xorg.conf is kind of sloppy, but it's almost entirely unedited since it was generated. Here it is:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 340 270 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "ACR"
ModelName "AL1716"
HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "CacheLines" # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i>
#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
# Section "Extensions"
# Option "Composite" "Enable"
# EndSection
I'm more than willing to try any suggestions, so thanks in advance!

NotMarkus wrote:
Just bought a new 19" widescreen monitor with a maximum resolution of 1440x900. 1280x960 and other normal resolutions work fine, but they're distorted. But when I try to start X with 1440x900 resolution, the entire screen seems as if it's been moved to the right 2 inches and up half an inch. That is to say, there are black bars on the left and bottom, and the desktop area goes off the screen to the top and right.
I've been googling and searching forums all day but I haven't found any solution to this problem. Changing the monitor geometry in the menu can help, but it can't shift it enough to actually fix it.
My xorg.conf is kind of sloppy, but it's almost entirely unedited since it was generated. Here it is:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 340 270 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "ACR"
ModelName "AL1716"
HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "CacheLines" # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i>
#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
# Section "Extensions"
# Option "Composite" "Enable"
# EndSection
I'm more than willing to try any suggestions, so thanks in advance!
try getting rid of all the other display subsections, i dont know why they are there.
also, you can try without a conf, the new x server doesnt need one.
Last edited by mjheagle8 (2009-08-14 06:36:41)

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