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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml index feb8669f49..b11c493d3c 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml @@ -685,15 +685,15 @@ EndSection</programlisting> <indexterm><primary>widescreen flatpanel configuration</primary></indexterm> - <para>This section assumes a bit of advanced configuration knowledge. + <para>This section assumes a bit of advanced configuration knowledge. If attempts to use the standard configuration tools above have not resulted in a working configuration, there is information enough - in the log files to be of use in getting the setup working. - Use of a text editor will be necessary.</para> + in the log files to be of use in getting the setup working. + Use of a text editor will be necessary.</para> - <para>Current Widescreen (WSXGA, WSXGA+, WUXGA, WXGA, WXGA+, et.al.) - formats support 16:10 and 10:9 formats or aspect ratios that can - be problematic. Examples of some common screen resolutions for + <para>Current widescreen (WSXGA, WSXGA+, WUXGA, WXGA, WXGA+, et.al.) + formats support 16:10 and 10:9 formats or aspect ratios that can + be problematic. Examples of some common screen resolutions for 16:10 aspect ratios are:</para> <itemizedlist> @@ -704,8 +704,9 @@ EndSection</programlisting> <listitem><para>1280x800</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>At some point, it will be as easy as adding one of these - resolutions as a possible Mode in the Section "Screen" as such:</para> + <para>At some point, it will be as easy as adding one of these + resolutions as a possible <literal>Mode</literal> in the <literal>Section + "Screen"</literal> as such:</para> <programlisting>Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" @@ -719,16 +720,16 @@ SubSection "Display" EndSubSection EndSection</programlisting> - <para><application>&xorg;</application> is smart enough to pull the + <para><application>&xorg;</application> is smart enough to pull the resolution information from the widescreen via I2C/DDC information so it knows what the monitor can handle as far as frequencies and resolutions.</para> - <para>If those ModeLines do not exist in the drivers, + <para>If those <literal>ModeLines</literal> do not exist in the drivers, one might need to give <application>&xorg;</application> a little hint. - Using <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> one can extract - enough information to manually create a ModeLine that will work. - Simply look for information resembling this:</para> + Using <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> one can extract + enough information to manually create a <literal>ModeLine</literal> that + will work. Simply look for information resembling this:</para> <programlisting>(II) MGA(0): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) MGA(0): clock: 146.2 MHz Image Size: 433 x 271 mm @@ -736,25 +737,25 @@ EndSection</programlisting> (II) MGA(0): v_active: 1050 v_sync: 1053 v_sync_end 1059 v_blanking: 1089 v_border: 0 (II) MGA(0): Ranges: V min: 48 V max: 85 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 94 kHz, PixClock max 170 MHz</programlisting> - <para>This information is called EDID information. Creating a - ModeLine from this is just a matter of putting the numbers in the - correct order:</para> + <para>This information is called EDID information. Creating a + <literal>ModeLine</literal> from this is just a matter of putting the + numbers in the correct order:</para> - <programlisting> ModeLine <name> <clock> <4 horiz. timings> <4 vert. timings></programlisting> + <programlisting>ModeLine <name> <clock> <4 horiz. timings> <4 vert. timings></programlisting> - <para>So that the ModeLine in Section "Monitor" for this example - would look like this:</para> + <para>So that the <literal>ModeLine</literal> in <literal>Section "Monitor"</literal> + for this example would look like this:</para> <programlisting>Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Bigname" -ModelName "BestModel" -ModeLine "1680x1050" 146.2 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 +ModelName "BestModel" +ModeLine "1680x1050" 146.2 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 Option "DPMS" EndSection</programlisting> <para>Now having completed these simple editing steps, X should start - on your new widescreen monitor. + on your new widescreen monitor.</para> </sect3> </sect2> </sect1> |