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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:36 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED] Acer AL2216W not running with right resolution Reply with quote

I'm trying to configure xorg.conf in order to run my Acer AL2216W widescreen with its resolution 1680x1050 but I get a black bar on the left and also a nasty resolution (smeared fonts). My current configuration is
Code:

# **********************************************************************
# Module section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Module"
   Load      "dbe"
   SubSection   "extmod"
      Option   "omit xfree86-dga"
   EndSubSection

   Load   "fbdevhw"
   Load   "freetype"
   Load   "glx"
   Load   "dri"
   Load   "record"
   Load   "type1"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Keyboard1"
   Driver      "kbd"
   Option      "AutoRepeat"   "500 30"
   Option      "XkbRules"   "xorg"
   Option      "XkbModel"   "logicdn"
   Option      "XkbLayout"   "ch"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Mouse1"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "Protocol"   "Auto"   # Auto detect
   Option      "Device"   "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Acer AL2216W"
   VendorName   "ACR"
   ModelName   "Acer AL2216W"

   HorizSync   31.5-67.0
   Modeline   "1680x1050" 149.00 1680 1760 1944 2280 1050 1050 1052 1089 -hsync +vsync
   Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
   Identifier   "ATI Radeon 7500LE"
   Driver      "radeon"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.

Section "Screen"
   Identifier   "Screen0"
   Device      "ATI Radeon 7500LE"
   Monitor      "Acer AL2216W"
   DefaultDepth   24

   Subsection "Display"
      Depth   8
      Modes   "1680x1050" "1440x1440" "1360x850" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
   EndSubsection
   Subsection "Display"
      Depth   16
      Modes   "1680x1050" "1440x1440" "1360x850" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
   EndSubsection
   Subsection "Display"
      Depth   24
      Modes   "1680x1050" "1440x1440" "1360x850" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
   EndSubsection
   Subsection "Display"
      Depth   32
      Modes   "1680x1050"
   EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present.  Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised.  A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option.  In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier  "Simple Layout"
   Screen "Screen0"
   InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
#   Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Group 0
   Mode 0666
EndSection

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


Last edited by Javaretto on Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:23 pm; edited 1 time in total
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

i have a 1916w to have a resolution of 1440x900 (native resolution), i use a live cd (fedora 7), because by hand i didn't succeed to modify the xorg.conf of gentoo.

With this livecd, i have directly the good resolution.

I know is not the best solution, but if it work you can have a working xorg.conf

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I never had problems getting the ACER AL2216W to run on its native resolution.
Note that my monitor is connected with a VGA-cable on an nvidia-card.

Comparing your xorg.conf with mine shows that I don't use any off the mode-lines or modes in the subsection display.
My suggestion would be to backup your current xorg.conf and then run "xorgconfig" to see if that gets you the correct resolution.
That's how I did it with this monitor and it simply worked.

ps) The file /var/log/Xorg.0.log should contain relevant error-messages.
In case the xorgconfig doesn't work, it might be helpful to look what exactly the error-message is.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just solved the Problem, only had to add an Option in the "Device" section of the Graphic card
Code:
Section "Device"
   Identifier  "ATI Radeon 7500LE"
   Driver      "radeon"
   Option      "DDCMode"     "True"
EndSection

Thnx for your answers!
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