[ltp] T61, nVidia, modes and modelines

[Martin Schuster (IFKL IT OS DS CD)]

On 11/22/2010 06:10 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> Thinkpad T61, nVidia Quadro NVS 140M, running Fedora 13, x86_64. [...]
> That is where the problem resides. Using the nvidia-settings utility it
> offers me:
> 
> 1680 x 1050
> 1280 x 1024
> 1280 x 960
> 1152 x 864
> 1024 x 768 
> and many more, only a few of which are 16:10 aspect ratio. And note the
> gap between 1680 x 1050 and 1280 x 1024.
> [...]
Maybe
http://myricci.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36
is useful. It explains how to provide a custom EDID file, which can
contain nearly any resolution you can think of :)

hth,
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