[ltp] Thinkpad T43 w/ ATI x300

[Mike Kershaw]

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When you go to a non-native resolution for your LCD it's going to look
like crap, pretty much no matter what.

You'd be better off increasing the fonts or setting your DPI (see the
other thread in here about making non-anti-aliased fonts look better).

-m

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:03:37PM -0800, noc ops wrote:
> Looking for some feedback.
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> Thinkpad that I have (T43) is currently setup for 1400x1050 with a
> refresh rate of 50hz and a max depth rate of 24. See below xorg.conf
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> I was hoping to lower the resolution (say 1024x768) w/ a depth rate of
> 32. Going to 1024x768 w/ refresh rate of 50 hz is simply sucky and blurry.
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> Has anyone w/ T43 done that? If so, any insight will be appreciated.
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> I'm guessing it has to do something w/ modeline?
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> regards,
> /virendra
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> -> xorg.conf
> ---
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
> 	HorizSync    30.0-97.0
> 	VertRefresh  50.0-160.0
> 	Option	    "DPMS"
> 	DisplaySize  370.4 277.8
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> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Default Screen"
> 	Device     "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility M300 (M22)"
> 	Monitor    "Generic Monitor"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     1
> 		Modes    "1400x1050"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     4
> 		Modes    "1400x1050"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     8
> 		Modes    "1400x1050"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     15
> 		Modes    "1400x1050"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     16
> 		Modes    "1400x1050"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1400x1050"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
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> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
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Cogito Eggo Sum - I think, therefor I am a waffle.

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