Samsung 2343BWX

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I just picked up a Samsung 2343BWX monitor and opensuse 11.1 - x windows didn’t appear to have a device description to support 2048x1152 60Hz. This is a 23" QWXGA 16x9 monitor. I created a custom xorg.conf to support this and am posting the relevant sections for anyone else that might have this or similar display.



Section "Monitor"
	Identifier  "Samsung 2343BWX"
        DisplaySize  509 286
        HorizSync   30-75
        VertRefresh 56-61
        Option       "DPMS"
        Option "PreferredMode" "2048x1152"
        UseModes     "Modes[0]"

EndSection

Section "Modes"
        Identifier   "Modes[0]"
        # 2048x1152 59.90 Hz (CVT 2.36M9) hsync: 71.58 kHz; pclk: 197.00 MHz
        Modeline "2048x1152_60.00"  197.00  2048 2184 2400 2752  1152 1155 1160 1195 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24

  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "2048x1152"
  EndSubSection

  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Samsung 2343BWX"
EndSection
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Thank you for taking the time to post this information. I have been trying to get a Samsung 2343bwx working at native 2048x1152 with my older ATI Radeon 9000. Your post was the only information I found with enough specific detail to get my setup working at its potential.

The final key to getting this to work was to use probed data in /var/log/Xorg.0.log about 50% of the way down where the Radeon reports a “Supported additional Video Mode”. That gave me the info to fill out the modeline.

Here’re my relevant xorg.conf sections:

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor0”
VendorName “Monitor Vendor”
ModelName “SyncMaster”
DisplaySize 510 290

Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:

    HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 60.0
    Option      "dpms"
    Option "PreferredMode" "2048x1152"
    UseModes     "Modes[0]"

EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Videocard0”
Driver “radeon”
VendorName “Videocard vendor”
BoardName “ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
Modeline “2048x1152” 156.80 2048 2096 2128 2208 1152 1155 1160 1185 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen0”
Device “Videocard0”
Monitor “Monitor0”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes “800x600” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes “2048x1152” “1844x1152” “1680x1050” “1280x800”
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection