[9fans] How get 1280x1024 resolution?

[9fans] How get 1280x1024 resolution?

[John Boutland]

Another question from this novice Plan 9 user. I'm trying to increase 
the screen resolution to 1280x1024 from the present 1024x768x32. I've 
examined /lib/vgadb thoroughly but frankly do not entirely understand 
it. I've tried one or two options in /n/9fat/plan9.ini, including 
monitor=vs1782, vgasize=1280x1024x<various bit settings>. One 9fan in 
the archive mentioned  simply putting in monitor=t23 in his case. Mine 
seems closest to vs1782 but results in "vs1782@1280x1024x<whatever> not 
in vgadb". Have also tried monitor=sxga with similar results.

Video card and monitor are capable of supporting 1280x1024x32 or more. 
Details are:

Card: RIVA (Nvidia?) TNT2 64
Monitor: Viewsonic VE710s. H freq. 30-82, V 50-85 (very similar to the 
characteristics of the vs1782 in vgadb.

John

Re: [9fans] How get 1280x1024 resolution?

[Charles Forsyth]

> Monitor: Viewsonic VE710s. H freq. 30-82, V 50-85 (very similar to the 

with that and an nvidia card of some sort i use

vgasize=1280x1024x16
monitor=multisync135

in plan9.ini without having had to change anything else that i can remember.

[9fans] Re: How get 1280x1024 resolution? (Raises another question)

[John Boutland]

Thanks for that Charles. After a little manual adjustment of the 
monitor, that worked well. It raises another question, one that I've 
asked before as a newcomer to Plan 9. How did you arrive at that answer? 
What is there logically to relate a Viewsonic VE710s with the 
multisync135 entry in vgadb, when the more obvious one (to me at least) 
seemed to be the vs1782? I guess I'm just not sufficiently technically 
oriented?

Charles Forsyth wrote:

>>Monitor: Viewsonic VE710s. H freq. 30-82, V 50-85 (very similar to the 
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>with that and an nvidia card of some sort i use
>
>vgasize=1280x1024x16
>monitor=multisync135
>
>in plan9.ini without having had to change anything else that i can remember.
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>
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Re: [9fans] Re: How get 1280x1024 resolution? (Raises another question)

[Charles Forsyth]

> when the more obvious one (to me at least) 
> seemed to be the vs1782?

i've now tried that one too and monitor=vs1782 also worked for me.

Re: [9fans] Re: How get 1280x1024 resolution? (Raises anotherquestion)

[John Boutland]

Odd that. I tried vs1782 again in case I'd missed something but, no, it 
doesn't work at anything greater than 1024x768x32. Perhaps to do with 
different video card. Anyway, multisync135 is working OK.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Forsyth" <forsyth@terzarima.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: How get 1280x1024 resolution? (Raises 
anotherquestion)


>> when the more obvious one (to me at least)
>> seemed to be the vs1782?
>
> i've now tried that one too and monitor=vs1782 also worked for me.