On 2005-08-22, aVheretic <amitsaraff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions. Didnt find anything confirnmative about
> X-server supporting widescreen displays so will just keep looking. And
> I need to install Slackware again this time with bareacpi.i

You don't need to reinstall to have a new kernel!
Just install the one on cd1, that's acpi enabled IIRC.

Gufo
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:33:50 -0700, aVheretic wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions. Didnt find anything confirnmative about
> X-server supporting widescreen displays so will just keep looking. And I
> need to install Slackware again this time with bareacpi.i

I have the widescreen problem as well. The default /etc/X11/xorg.conf(see
xorg.conf-vesa) specifies "vesa" for the video driver. I have run
xorgsetup to in hopes that X could autodetect the video chip. I know I
have an ATI chip, but apparently it is too new to be recognized. As a
result, xorgsetup also used "vesa".

I have tried messing with the Modes in xorg.conf, but the distortion
remains. There is no change whatsoever. I also messed with various vga =
settings in lilo.conf with no change observed in X. I went back to vga =
791.

What is interesting is that if I use mplayer -vo vesa dvd:// at the CLI,
the aspect is correct and the widescreen is used to its best.

When inside X, I must add the -vf scale= option and manually calculate the
scale to use the whole screen while maintaining the correct aspect.

HTH;

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:30:18 -0500, 4partee wrote:
> I have tried messing with the Modes in xorg.conf, but the distortion
> remains.

It looks like the widescreen distortion was from the vesa driver. I have
installed ATI's driver
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fg....20-1.i386.rpm

The video driver is now fglrx. I added 1280x768 to Modes and the aspect
is OK now.

HTH