On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:08:55 -0700 walt wrote: > On 04/15/2010 05:38 PM, David Relson wrote: > > I just retired my Viewsonic 19" CRT in favor of a Viewsonic > > VX2433WM. Looking in Xorg.0.log it's obviously recognized (as the > > following lines indicate): > > > > (II) RADEON(0): Serial No: R4F100901594 > > (II) RADEON(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 24 H max: 82 > > kHz, PixClock max 210 MHz > > (II) RADEON(0): Monitor name: VX2433wm > > > > However in Gnome's Display Preferences dialog, the monitor type > > shows up as "Unknown". What can be done about this? > > > > Additionally, a box saying "Unknown" (black text on cyan background) > > appears on my screen at the upper left corner. This wouldn't matter > > except that I like my Gnome panel at the top of the screen and the > > box blocks the Main Menu icon. The box appears to be a repeat of > > the Gnome Display Preferences dialog's "Unknown" monitor info. How > > can one nuke the box? > > Hm. I see the same annoying box at the top left, but only while I > have the Display preferences dialog open. When I close the dialog, > the top- left box disappears. > > Do you still have a process running named gnome-display-properties > even after you close the Display preferences dialog box?
Interesting question, but it's too late for me to answer it. While googling the subject I learned that the ATI driver (or some of its revisions) only check monitor type upon startup. I restarted X with ctl-alt-backspace and the extra box went away. gnome-display-properties _still_ says "unknown", but the annoying box is gone.
