Here I put my everyday thoughts. Mainly important things to remember but also smart solutions to problems.

29 december, 2005

Solution of: Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name) i810

Finally solved!

I have spent more than two days now on solving following Xorg error:

Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name)

When browsing the /var/log/Xorg.0.log i found that the actual found
resolutions was multiplied by 4 and that there wasn't any resolution
found for 1280x4.

After two days passed I went to visit wiki.x.org where I found an edit
made stating that bu running 855resolution 4d 1280 800 once before
running X.

I tried to do this and it worked like a charm! Yippey!

Finally I wrote a startup.sh script contaning this and added it to
runlevel 5.

It now works for me!

28 december, 2005

Modeline resources

Sample of how to change /etc/X11/xorg.conf
http://mbreen.com/installfc3.html#display
Another sample on how to alter the xorg.conf
http://www.wiredfool.com/2005/06/15/widescreenLcdsAndUbuntuLinux
The XFree86 Modeline Generator
http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
Yet another sample
http://members.westnet.com.au/rbirdman/widescreen.html
A xorg.conf sample file
http://members.westnet.com.au/rbirdman/configs/xorg.txt
An XF86Config sample with a lot of comments
http://www.sh.nu/nvidia/XF86Config