Todd Lyons wrote:
> Felix Miata wanted us to know:
> > Trey Sizemore wrote:
> >> Post a copy of your XF86Config file.
> >Which? The current one configured for 1024x768 for my 17" monitor that
> >Linux won't do 1280x1024 with? The one that works both at 1600x1200 and
> >1280x1024 on my 19" monitor but doesn't on my 17"? Both?
> You answered part of his question. Because you can do 1280x1024 on the
> 19" monitor, it means that the driver is capable. The issue at hand now
> is that the way that XF86Config file is configured, the driver thinks
This I never doubted, as windoze 98 has no problem doing it with the ET6x00
video adapter driver built into windoze 98. That driver will even run my 19"
monitor up to 1600x1200, even though the ET6x00 supposedly is limited to
1024x768. The Scitech SDD Pro driver for OS/2 also runs the same ET6x00 up
to 1600x1200 on my 19", though it too refuses to run the 17" at 1280x1024.
> that the monitor cannot handle the frequencies required to do 1280x1024.
> Dig in your monitor's manual and find it's max horizontal and vertical
I'd love to, but I bought it as a floor model at Radio Shack. No manual
could be found when I brought it home, but they assured me they would
get me one. Several attempts to get them to keep their promise failed,
and contacting Radio Shack home office didn't help either. The monitor
says IBM all over it, but IBM won't admit the model (2118-3A3) ever
existed, and said get one from Radio Shack.
It seems there ought to be some way to find out what settings windoze
uses, but I've never had any luck finding out how to do that either.
> frequency settings. Then go massage the frequency ranges in the
> XF86Config file and test.
This is what I was asking how to do in the first place. I know it works
at 60Hz refresh for 1024x768, which is perfectly fine and what I want,
but I don't know how to figure out HorizSync, or what those Sony ModeLine
statements are good for.
If I try to change monitor with mcc to [EMAIL PROTECTED], as soon as I log
out, the screen goes blank. On tty1 I examine /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and
find in part the following:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1280x1024 @ 60 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-64.3
VertRefresh 50-70
# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494
563 -hsync -vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595
630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590
616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
BoardName "ET6100 (generic)"
Driver "tseng"
#videoram 2304 # 2.25 MB, when memory probe is incorrect
VideoRam 4096
Option "DPMS"
#Option "power_saver" # enable VESA DPMS
#Option "linear" # for linear mode at 8bpp
#Option "xaa_no_color_exp" # When text (or bitmap) is not rendered correctly
#Option "pci_retry" # faster, but problematic for ISA DMA
#Option "hw_cursor" # Use hardware cursor (see docs for limitations)
Option "noaccel" # when problems with accelerator
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "960x720"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
This monitor absolutely will not run 16 bit X if "VertRefresh 50-70" is
in there. I always change it to 56-60, but that's only good up to
1024x768. If I set 16 bit thusly:
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
restarting X gets a blank screen again.
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