[geeks] SGI GDM-90W11 wide 16:10 aspect ratio

[Andrew Sydelko]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:07:14 -0500 Kevin <kevin at pipeline.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know what this means?  My card does
> 1920x1200 for sure, is the limitation the monitor? the
> linux Nvidia driver?  Any clues?  I've never dealt with
> any aspect rations other than 3:4 so if i'm missing
> something let me know.

You'll need to create a modeline for that aspect ratio.

Use: http://zaph.com/Modeline/

and it will give you a line to place in the "Monitor" section.

I use: 

ModeLine     "1920x1080" 217.8 1920 1976 2200 2584 1080 1084 1088 1124
ModeLine     "2048x1152" 253.02 2048 2112 2368 2816 1152 1156 1160 1198

for my Sun 24" monitor. Then you can specify 1920x1080 or 
2048x1152 in "Screen" section. Make sure you also have
the HorizSync and VertRefresh set right for your monitor
(you wouldn't want your monitor to be fried).

--andy.