Xorg.conf : Setting a custom resolution

[paddy.melon]

So, I've been playing a lot lately and somehow stuffed my drivers, etc., etc. I didn't have a backup of my xorg.conf so I've had to generate a new one. This is all fine. Only, for some reason, my old Samsung Monitor (CRT-0) won't give an EDID (I swear it did before). Thus, it's setup as 640x480 by default. Naturally, this is really, really annoying and almost unusable as a secondary display to a 1366x786 Viewsonic (the CRT-1).

So, I've stuffed around for the past day or so with no luck. I've tried various ModeLines but I haven't done much of this before so I'm probably doing something wrong. Here's my xorg.conf so far. Everything is setup exactly how I like it except the resolution of the CRT-0:


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"

VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-0"
# Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" 109.00 1280 1368 1496 1712 1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GT 240"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "TwinView" "True"
# Removed Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024 1366x768"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TwinView" "1"
# Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +1366+288, CRT-1: 1366x768 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection


Thanks for any help!

[truck87bp]

I found this on the web but have no idea how to make it work. I have also had dual monitor problems and have been fighting it for 5 days now.

http://nxadm.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/define-the-main-screen-in-ubuntu-unity-dual-screen-setup/

Maybe you can figure it out. Good Luck.

[paddy.melon]

I found this on the web but have no idea how to make it work. I have also had dual monitor problems and have been fighting it for 5 days now.

http://nxadm.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/define-the-main-screen-in-ubuntu-unity-dual-screen-setup/

Maybe you can figure it out. Good Luck.

THanks but the problem isn't really in dual monitors... got that all sorted out fine. The issue is in the incorrect resolution as the result of a missing EDID. Am I able to force my own EDID? If so, how would I make a 1024x768, etc.?