Gudday Bonnie,

On 1/01/2009, you wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Randy Q wrote:
>
> RQ >Gudday List,
> RQ >
> RQ >Don't know if it's of any interest to anyone, but for
> Christmas I RQ >received an LG W2252TQ monitor - 56 cm (42")
> widescreen.
>
> in your grub line to boot Amithlon - what number did you set vga
> = to?
769
>
> that number seems to limit amithlon's ability to deal with
> resolutuions.
>
> I have a lcd monitor with simialar dimensions but I am stuck at a
> maximum clock frequency in picasso96 mode of 96 MHZ.
>
> so i cannot change the settings in Picasso96 to match what you
> have.
>
> in fact would you mind positing your amithlon grub boot section?

No wurries - here 'tis:

title Amithlon
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/kern310 init=linuxrc console_level=0 root=/ dev/ram0
vga=769 ramdisk_size=3310 leavepages=6500
nitrd /boot/smallird.gz
savedefault

(The 3rd and 4th lines are actually one long line)
>
> i have ubuntu linux as the other OS on this system and it
> displays the proper resolution for the monitor of 1680 by 1050 so
> i know the graphic card is capable of it.

My graphics card is quite old now - an Nvidia GForce2 MX400 - still
drives the monitor in full res. though
>
>
>
> og RQ >
> RQ >I set it up under linux (Kubuntu), noted the settings for its
> native RQ >resolution (1680x1050), fired up Amithlon, and started
> playing with RQ >Picasso96 settings.
> RQ >
> RQ >It now works great!
> RQ >
> RQ >I set the clock frequency to 135.8 MHz and turned off
> Interlace and RQ >Doublescan
> RQ >
> RQ >The remaining settings were:
> RQ >
> RQ > Horiz. Vert.
> RQ >
> RQ >Framesize 1980 1070
> RQ >Bordersize 0 0
> RQ >Position 64 2
> RQ >SyncSize 64 8
> RQ >SyncPolarity On On
> RQ >Frequency 71KHz 66Hz
> RQ >
> RQ >
> RQ >If it's of any interest...
> RQ >
> RQ >
> RQ >Cheers,
> RQ >Randy
> RQ >
> RQ >
>
>
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Cheers,
Randy