xorg.conf help needed!

[jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (Jarod Wilson)]

On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 20:15 -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > You might want to consult your TV's manual. Mine came with all
> > the info needed to construct a 1080P modeline:
> >
> > ModeLine "1920x1080_60p" 136.5 1920 1952 1984 2048 1080 1081 1084 1111 -hsync -vsync
> 
> TV manual in hand!  What information do I need?  What does each item
> in the modeline represent?  I also read over the documentation below.
> http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes
> 
> It appears so that VGA max resolution is 1360x768 according to the
> manual :-(  However, HDMI does allow 1920x1080p.  At this time though,
> I don't have HDMI output from the PC, so I will stick with the VGA
> output...

gtf can also be of help sometimes:

$ gtf 1920 1080 60

  # 1920x1080 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 67.08 kHz; pclk: 172.80 MHz
  Modeline "1920x1080_60.00"  172.80  1920 2040 2248 2576  1080 1081
1084 1118  -HSync +Vsync

--jarod