forcing a specific resolution with the nVidia driver

[Tom Evans]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Zane C. B-H. <vvelox at vvelox.net> wrote:
> Any one have any luck forcing a specific resolution as one of the two monitor, both the same, does not detect properly because of a IPKVM switch in the middle. It only detects as supporting up to 1600x1200, when it is really capable of 1920x1080. Below are the two relevant sections from my Xorg config.
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> Any one have any suggestions on what to try next?
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> …
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>         # 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
> …
>         Option "MetaModes"                "1960x1080_60,1960x1080_60"

Have you tried using the same name for the mode? "1920..." vs "1960...."

Cheers

Tom