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Re: how to use high resolution display with radeon



Cheng Yutong wrote: 
> I'm using an old graphic card on my debian PC, which is HD 6770,
> 
> and these days i've got a new display that support 2k resolution
> (2560x1440),
> 
> but on the Display Setting dialog, btw, my DE is XFCE4, the highest
> resolution is 1920x1200.

This suggests that the monitor is not sending an EDID block that
supports 2560x1440.

> i've tried to generate a Modeline with `cvt 2560 1440`,
> 

Good.

> # 2560x1440 59.96 Hz (CVT 3.69M9) hsync: 89.52 kHz; pclk: 312.25 MHz
> Modeline "2560x1440_60.00"?? 312.25?? 2560 2752 3024 3488?? 1440 1443 1448
> 1493 -hsync +vsync

I hope it doesn't actually have ? question marks in it.

> 
> and add it to the display, but when set it with `xrandr`, it does not work
> well, i got an error message:
> 
> 
> Input Signal Out ofRange!
> 
> Current Mode:
> 
> ?????? H = 89.6kHz V = 60Hz
> 
> Change Mode to:
> 
> ?????? 1920 x 1200 60Hz

That's the monitor saying it doesn't like 2560x1440. What kind
of monitor?

-dsr-


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