As usual, as soon as I post, I discover the correct search string to get me to the answer:
http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions%40freebsd.org/msg147148.html This poster even bought the same monitor I did. Does anyone know: Will newer nvidia cards generally work at this resolution? It seems safest just to get the one he did. Thanks, Oliver > I have a new monitor with the following specs: > Horiz 31-87 kHz > Vert 56-75 Hz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Now, this is attached to a windows box with its digital out and a FreeBSD > box with analog via a Radeon 7500 card. On this last, when I put these new > settings into xorg.conf, it is not what actually shows up on the screen. It > ends up being [EMAIL PROTECTED], says the monitor, more or less, which puts > up a > message complaining about it. It's also offset not in focus. > > Somehow, using the old xorg.conf file with all the wrong settings works > better. There is a little distortion but not much I don't know why this > would be. Limitations of the driver ("radeon")? > > Parts of the old xorg.conf file follow. I'd like to get this set up > properly, Thanks for any help. > > Oliver > > ********************************************************************** > # Monitor section > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of monitor sections may be present > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Multiscan E540" > > # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. > # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a > # comma separated list of ranges of values. > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. > > HorizSync 38-70 > > # HorizSync 30-64 # multisync > # HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies > # HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies > > # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. > # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a > # comma separated list of ranges of values. > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. > > VertRefresh 48-120 > > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Graphics device section > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of graphics device sections may be present > > # Standard VGA Device: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Standard VGA" > VendorName "Unknown" > BoardName "Unknown" > > # The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override > # the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified. > > # Chipset "generic" > > # The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver > # modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver > # module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line > # indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section. > > Driver "vga" > # The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices > # this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device > # section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI > # devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not > # normally be included unless there is more than one video device > # intalled. > > # BusID "PCI:0:10:0" > > # VideoRam 256 > > # Clocks 25.2 28.3 > > EndSection > > # Device configured by xorgconfig: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Radeon 7500" > Driver "radeon" > #VideoRam 65536 > # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Screen sections > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes > # the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section > # may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen" > # option. > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "Radeon 7500" > Monitor "Multiscan E540" > DefaultDepth 24 > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
