Newbie here with ATI card

[NoOp]

On 11/13/2007 06:09 AM, Nelson Montague wrote:
>> Punt. See below.
>>
>> >
>> [snip]
>> >
>> >         Monitor and video card combination does not support DDC1 transfers
>> >         Monitor and video card combination does not support DDC2 transfers
>>
>> This is a problem. The combination should at least support DDC2.
> 
>> > The EDID data should not be trusted as the VBE call failed
>> > EDID claims 19 more blocks left
>> > EDID blocks left is wrong.
>> > Your EDID is probably invalid.
>> > parse-edid: EDID checksum failed - data is corrupt. Continuing anyway.
>> > parse-edid: first bytes don't match EDID version 1 header
>> > parse-edid: do not trust output (if any).
>>
>> Just as it says. It's broke (EDID) the the output can't be trusted.
>>
>> Can you repost the portion of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file that starts
>> with: Section "Monitor" to the end of the xorg.conf file?
> Sure.
> 
> Here it is, NoOp:
> 
> The interesting thing is, it is either:
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier    "MAG XJ796"
>     Option        "DPMS"
>     HorizSync    30-96
>     VertRefresh    50-160
> EndSection
> 
> Or:
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
>     Option        "DPMS"
>     HorizSync    30-70
>     VertRefresh    50-160
> EndSection
> 
> I can use it with a refresh rate of 85Hz. Interesting, isn't it?
> 
> What does this all mean?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Nelson
> 

Repeat:

> Can you repost the portion of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file that starts
> with: Section "Monitor" to the end of the xorg.conf file?
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