LCD Monitor recommendations
Lokeey
lokeey at gmail.com
Sun Feb 11 02:34:58 UTC 2007
hey stewart, i had a similar issue, not as bad, though...mine was acting a
lil on the goofy side as well. i had about 8 or 9 different xorg.conf files.
I have an Hanns-G HW192D (1440x900) that i configured with no problems. i
even installed ati drivers and compiled them into the kernel. i knew once i
did the upgrade that i would need to recompile with the updated kernel
again.
so with that said, what have you done to this point? what kind of video card
are you using and have you updated your drivers and messed with the kernel
at all prior to all this? also, before you do anything, be sure to back up
xorg.conf so you have the original to fall back on in case you begin to make
changes and forget what changes you made. i recommend making two or three
changes, save, test it and continue. at least this way you will know what
exactly the problem is after you make changes. but let me know what you've
done, maybe i can help you.
and don't get discouraged...i know it gets frustrating and after a while and
you just want to say "F*** IT". believe me, after going thru it a few times
you'll be guru!
On 2/10/07, J. Stewart Schneider <stew.schneider at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I mentioned that I'd had endless difficulties with LCDs and Linux, and it
> just happened again. uname shows that I'm running 2.6.15-27-386 when I
> should be at 2.6.17 (I think). I thought perhaps I just hadn't rebooted,
> as Adept shows no upgrades. I rebooted, and the video died. The boot
> sequence is visible. X starts, and the login screen is displayed. After
> logging in, however, the screen goes black, the monitor complains that the
> frequencies are out of range, and that's that.
>
> I rebooted into Knoppix with no problem whatsoever, copied the monitor
> section from Knoppix, and edited xorg.conf. Chaos. I left it for a bit,
> and came back to see the login screen displayed. I logged in, changed the
> resolution from 1024x768 to 1280x1024, and am running nicely, but I'm scared
> to reboot.
>
> The xorg.conf Monitor section I copied from Knoppix was:
> Section "Monitor"
> identifier "SYS-172L"
> vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
> modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
> HorizSync 30 - 80 # DDC-probed
> VertRefresh 50 - 85 # DDC-probed
> # These are the DDC-probed settings reported by your monitor.
> # 1280x1024, 75.0Hz; hfreq=79.98, vfreq=75.03
> ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> +hsync +vsync
> # 1024x768, 75.0Hz; hfreq=60.02, vfreq=75.03
> ModeLine "1024x768" 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800
> +hsync +vsync
> # 1024x768, 70.0Hz; hfreq=56.48, vfreq=70.07
> ModeLine "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
> -hsync -vsync
> # 800x600, 75.0Hz; hfreq=46.88, vfreq=75.00
> ModeLine "800x600" 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625
> +hsync +vsync # #800x600, 72.0Hz; hfreq=48.08, vfreq=72.19
> ModeLine "800x600" 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
> +hsync +vsync
> gamma 1.0
> EndSection
>
> The xorg.conf I have now is:
> Section "Monitor"
> identifier "SYS-172L"
> vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
> modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
> modeline "640x480 at 60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync
> -hsync
> modeline "640x480 at 72" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -vsync
> -hsync
> modeline "640x480 at 75" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -vsync
> -hsync
> modeline "640x480 at 85" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -vsync
> -hsync
> modeline "800x600 at 56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "800x600 at 72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "800x600 at 75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "800x600 at 85" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "800x600 at 60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "832x624 at 75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -vsync
> -hsync
> modeline "1024x768 at 85" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "1024x768 at 75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "1024x768 at 70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -vsync
> -hsync
> modeline "1024x768 at 60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync
> -hsync
> modeline "1152x864 at 75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "1152x768 at 54 " 64.995 1152 1178 1314 1472 768 771 777 806
> +hsync +vsync
> modeline "1280x854" 80.0 1280 1309 1460 1636 854 857 864 896 +hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "1280x1024 at 75" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> +hsync +vsync
> modeline "1280x960 at 60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync
> +vsync
> modeline "1280x1024 at 60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> +hsync +vsync
> modeline "1280x960 at 75 " 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002
> -hsync +vsync
> modeline "1400x1050 at 60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087
> -hsync +vsync
> modeline "1600x1200 at 60" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
> gamma 1.0
> EndSection
>
> How come? How come Knoppix 3.9 came right up and Kubuntu wouldn't? How
> come Kubuntu "fixed" itself? Come to that, how come Kubuntu rewrote my
> xorg.conf file? The first thing I notice is that Knoppix specified values
> for HorizSync and VertRefresh in Section "Monitor", but Kubuntu doesn't. Is
> that significant?
>
> stew
>
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