Long story very short:
I have multiple CRTs and ways to connect them to my main PC, which soon may or may not get an update to use an iGPU for native VGA output if my RAM order doesn’t get deleted…
That said (specs put at the end) I am too (chronically) ill to diligently put my mind to it.
Back in the “the GT 710 was still supported by drivers on W10” days (death in October 2021) Nvidia just worked with CRTs, and then DVI-D>VGA, HDMI>VGA, and finally DP>VGA (what I am currently using) still managed to detect the data of my monitors.
I am, obviously, not on W10 anymore, and I have a Rx 6650xt (instead of my old RTX 2070) now.
I am using Fedora KDE 44.
I found this page/guide to "add custom resolutions",
but I believe (in my foggy mind) that Linux should just be able to understand which model of CRT this is, and thus add the proper resolutions and hz-s.
(I have the FE770 model[1]. Any and all resolution options top at 75Hz. The adapter can do 1600x1200p at 90hz or something like that. It’s an expensive model.)
The problem is that even the LCD and Oled I have don’t show all the res+hz they DO support[2].
So, as closure:
Fedora, KDE, DP>VGA, CRT.
It looks as it should and doesn’t make bad noises.
I want it detected properly and/or be able to set custom resolutions without blowing the tube.
- The possible upgrade to AM5 would give me native VGA output, which may solve the problem.
I’d appreciate any help which would demistifies Linux’ alien way to control resolutions and refresh rates[3] because, from the first Windowses with a GUI up to at least Windows 10, Nvidia, AMD and Intel were all able to not only just easily detect ANY AND ALL res+hz, but ALSO to create custom ones fairly easily.
~$ inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 7.0.11-200.fc44.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B450-PLUS v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU Firmware: UEFI
vendor: American Megatrends v: 3211 date: 08/10/2021
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+
rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1738 min/max: 561/4654 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1738
2: 1738 3: 1738 4: 1738 5: 1738 6: 1738 7: 1738 8: 1738 9: 1738 10: 1738
11: 1738 12: 1738 bogomips: 88790
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 23 [Radeon RX 6650 XT /
6700S 6800S] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DP-3 off: DP-2
empty: HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73ef
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.12 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 model: Philips 27M2N3500AM res: 2560x1440 hz: 180 dpi: 109
diag: 685mm (27")
Monitor-2: DP-2 model: Philips 27M2N8500 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 110
diag: 678mm (26.7")
Monitor-3: DP-3 model: Invalid Vendor Codename - RTK 0x1D1A res: 1024x768
hz: 75 dpi: 25 diag: 1168mm (46")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.0.8 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (radeonsi navi23 ACO DRM
3.64 7.0.11-200.fc44.x86_64) device-ID: 1002:73ef display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:73ef device: 1 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
Device-3: HP HyperX Cloud III driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 03f0:089d
API: ALSA v: k7.0.11-200.fc44.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 18.4 TiB used: 10.55 TiB (57.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SA2000M8500G size: 465.76 GiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 33.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST10000NM0046 size: 9.1 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Mushkin model: MKNSSDEL2TB size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37960G size: 894.25 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-5: /dev/sdd vendor: Integral Memory model: V Series SATA SSD 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-6: /dev/sde model: SSD 512GB size: 476.94 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
ID-7: /dev/sdf vendor: Western Digital model: WD20PURZ-85AKKY0
size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-8: /dev/sdg vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2U9104 size: 3.64 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 93.13 GiB used: 56.15 GiB (60.3%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-2: /boot size: 4.5 GiB used: 620.8 MiB (13.5%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 190.8 MiB used: 20 MiB (10.5%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 3.68 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -1 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C
mem: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.52 GiB used: 5.68 GiB (36.6%)
Processes: 433 Power: uptime: 25m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 259
default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 27
Compilers: gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40
Text version of the error’s name in the last screenshot: invalid vendor codename - rtk 0x1d1a ↩︎
and so don’t all the other PCs in the house, so maybe this is just a Skill Issue on the side of the software ↩︎
BOTH with Xorg, which I will not be using on any of my PCs, Fedora KDE doesn’t support it anymore!!! ↩︎
