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Contents 1 Apple 20" Cinema Display (M9177LL/A) 1.1 xorg.conf 1.1.1 Monitor Section 1.1.2 Device Section 1.1.3 Screen Section

[edit] Apple 20" Cinema Display (M9177LL/A)

Apple's 20" Cinema Display has a native resolution of 1680x1050 and will work at native resolution with Linux, PCs, and Xorg.

• Specs for Apple 20" Cinema Display

[edit] xorg.conf

[edit] Monitor Section

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Apple Cinema Display"
        VendorName      "Apple Inc."
        ModelName       "Apple Cinema Display 20"
        HorizSync       28-90
        VertRefresh     43-72
        DisplaySize     434 270
        Option "DPMS"
        UseModes "Modes0"

Section "Modes"  
       Identifier "Modes0" 
        ModeLine "1680x1050" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080
        Modeline "1280x800" 67.26 1280 1312 1560 1592 800 817 824 841
        Modeline "1024x640" 51.90 1024 1056 1248 1280 640 653 660 673
        Modeline "800x500" 30.98 800 832 944 976 500 510 515 526
EndSection

[edit] Device Section

This section is appropriate for an nVidia card:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0" 
    Driver      "nvidia"
#   VideoRam    131072 
#   Option  "NvAGP" "1"
    Option "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option  "UseEdidFreqs" "false"
EndSection

[edit] Screen Section

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen 1"
        Device          "Card0"
        Monitor         "Apple Cinema Display"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
               Depth           24 
               Modes           "1680x1050" "1280x800" "1024x640" "800x500"
        EndSubSection
EndSection