[ydl-gen] 1920x1200 on PS3 - problem solved

[Warren Nagourney]

I returned the LG monitor (24", 1920x1200, HDMI) for a similar BenQ  
model (fp241w) and the latter worked perfectly at 1920x1200 with no  
fiddling. The key is for the monitor to allow 1:1 pixel mapping  
regardless of the input. The LG didn't allow this with an HDMI input  
and therefore didn't work well with the PS3, which is too bad, since  
it is a nice monitor otherwise and is readily available (I needed to  
mail order the BenQ and had a nightmarish time with the cretins at  
Fedex).

I found a curious anomaly - in order for the fp241w to work, one  
needed to use the DVI input (and an HDMI to DVI adaptor or cable). I  
tried the HDMI input and an HDMI cable which came with the unit and  
got a blue screen (after using the menu to switch the input to HDMI).  
This is mysterious, since I thought that the video portions of DVI  
and HDMI were identical.

I know of only three 24" HDMI monitors with 1920x1200 native  
resolution: the LG, the BenQ and a Dell. I have heard that the Dell  
requires a (pricey) HDMI to VGA adaptor to work at 1920x1200 (for  
example, the HDFury). So, of the known (to me) monitors, it appears  
that only the BenQ works well. They are, I believe, all priced  
similarly.

With a 1920x1200 monitor, the accelerated Xorg and a lean Window  
Manager (I use Wmaker), PS3 linux is quite usable as a desktop  
computer. The memory issue still needs to be addressed, but things  
are tolerable if one doesn't open too many windows (the first symptom  
of low memory is slow scrolling in a Web browser - I use Opera, which  
seems much faster than the others in scrolling and browsing).

Warren Nagourney