[SunHELP] Problem with Solaris 10 Desktop resolution

[Dan Williams]

Hi,

Thanks for the info but I am running on Sparc, so it uses fbconfig not
xrandr. I haven't found anyway of changing the default resolutions here.

Dan


On 6 March 2013 12:26, RichT (list addr) <lmail at catsnest.co.uk> wrote:

> I have access to a Solaris 10 box with a desktop right now, but on my
> Solaris 11 box i would use something like this:
>
>
> == Calculate VESA CVT (Coordinated Video Timing) modelines for use with X.
> ==
> ~# cvt -v 1920 1200 60
> # 1920x1200 59.88 Hz (CVT 2.30MA) hsync: 74.56 kHz; pclk: 193.25 MHz
> Modeline "1920x1200_60.00"  193.25  1920 2056 2256 2592  1200 1203 1209
> 1245 -hsync +vsync
>
>
>
> ==  Create the new mode useing the output from cvt ==
> ~# xrandr --newmode "1920x1200_60.00"  193.25  1920 2056 2256 2592  1200
> 1203 1209 1245 -hsync +vsync
>
> == check the new mode ==
> ~# xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 2048 x 2048
> VGA1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 477mm x 268mm
>    1920x1080      60.0*+   60.0
>    1680x1050      60.0
>    1280x1024      75.0     60.0
>    1440x900       59.9
>    1280x960       60.0
>    1280x720       60.0
>    1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0
>    832x624        74.6
>    800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
>    640x480        72.8     75.0     66.7     60.0
>    720x400        70.1
>    1280x1024_60.00   59.9
>   1920x1200_60.00 (0x136)  193.2MHz
>         h: width  1920 start 2056 end 2256 total 2592 skew    0 clock
> 74.6KHz
>         v: height 1200 start 1203 end 1209 total 1245           clock
> 59.9Hz
>
>
> == Add the new mode to the display VGA1 ==
> # xrandr --addmode VGA1 "1920x1200_60.00"
>
>
> == use the mode ==
> ~# xrandr --output VGA1 --mode "1920x1200_60.00"
>
> Regards
> Ritchie
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>
> On 2 March 2013 10:59, Dan Williams <williams.dan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have checked google but I think I am not using the correct
> > incantations. So I thought you guys would know.
> >
> > I have Solaris 10 running on a Sunblade 2500. I have it hooked up to
> > an lcd monitor at 1920x1080 resolution, but the desktop size is bigger
> > then the screen.
> > Under Xfree86 I would set the virtual size in xorg.conf. But I can't
> > find anyway of doing this under Solaris.
> >
> > Any clues ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dan
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