Forum - go back to the Plop Homepage

Plop Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Author Topic: Unknown monitor support  (Read 446 times)

Belive

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 13
Unknown monitor support
« on: August 30, 2011, 12:28:59 PM »
Hello,

Testing plop on a PC having as monitor a full HD TV(1920x1080 @ 50Hz) through HDMI interface, plop recognize only a 1024x768 output @ 75Hz.

Thanks
Logged

Elmar

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1872
  • a command shell is enough to do amazing things
Re: Unknown monitor support
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 13:59:21 PM »
the default driver is the vesa. this cannot do more, but works everywhere

whwn you want full support, then you have to choose the correct driver of you graphic card and set it in the xorg.conf. then all will work fine.
Logged

Belive

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 13
Re: Unknown monitor support
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2011, 15:39:22 PM »
Can you give a ressource on how could I try that, thanks.
Logged

Elmar

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1872
  • a command shell is enough to do amazing things
Re: Unknown monitor support
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2011, 15:46:31 PM »
Quote from: Belive on August 30, 2011, 15:39:22 PM
Can you give a ressource on how could I try that, thanks.

i can tell it you, but investigate at first by yourself. years ago, i had to do it too
Logged