On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:52 AM, CymruAmBydd <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you Cefn, excellent work around.
>
> I have just installed 9.10 having previously used Gutsy, Hardy, Intrepid
> and Jaunty and having to replace my trusty iiyama vision master pro 512
> with a Sony Multiscan 520GS and swapping out my Belkin Omniview E-series
> KVM for the Avocent Switchview 100 KVM; which has sound. Kept the FX5200
> graphics card. Somewhere along the line I lost control of the monitor
> refresh rate.
>
> I found the tech specs for my Sony Multiscan 520GS i.e. max resolution
> of 1600 x 1200 @75Hz etc.
>
> gtf to generate the modeline
>
> and edited xorg.conf in a terminal (sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf):
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier    "Sony CPD-520GS"
>        HorizSync     30-96
>        VertRefresh    48-160
>        Modeline "1600x1200_75.00"  205.99  1600 1720 1896 2192  1200 1201 1204$
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
>        Device          "Default Device"
>        Monitor         "Sony CPD-520GS"
>        DefaultDepth    24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth   24
>                Modes   "1600x1200_75.00"
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>        Load    "glx"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Default Device"
>        Driver  "nvidia"
>        Option  "NoLogo"        "True"
> EndSection
>
>
> NOW at last I have control!
>
> It shouldn't be like this.
>
> The only minor wrinkle is that I can't get the max resolution.
>
> The best I can do is 1400 x 1050 @ 70Hz but at least it's workable i.e.
> the I have control and the screen doesn't wobble any more.
>
> Failure to get the max res may be down to the KVM switch but having
> spent hours this morning I'm not about to put the monitor directly onto
> the pc to test this - I might do it later.
>
> NB. 1400 x 1050 @ 75Hz doesn't work and 1400 x 1050 @ 85Hz doesn't work,
> none of the 4:3 aspect ratio 1600 x 1200's work i.e. very strange
> distorted and dulled or absent image which luckily reverts back to the
> previous setting after a short while to give me the chance of another
> attempt.
>
> Thank you.
>

This is why Ubuntu, and X.org in general, needs to have a way to
manually select what type of monitor you have in a GUI.  This problem
has persisted long enough, when will this be resolved?  Its now beyond
time for this to be fixed.  Its ridiculous that such a simple matter
as this has been allowed to molder this long, and its such a vital
component of the operating system ... the Display.  Without it you
can't use Ubuntu at all.

Why hasn't this problem been resolved?  This problem has existed in
Ubuntu since 8.04.  Having to edit a config file (ie; xorg.conf) to
get something as simple as this to work properly in a Modern Day
Operating System is absolutely unacceptable.  Canonical needs to stop
putting their heads in the sand and fix this embarrassment.

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