Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Carl Lowenstein wrote:
On 5/17/07, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I seem to always have off-brand monitors that are never listed anywhere
and Linux never seems to recognize them. As a result, I end up with
just basic resolutions. How can I find out what resolutions I can set
them to? Currently the one in front of me says Micron. On back,
Model:
RM07L11 (or possibly the 0 could be O), Manufactured: October 1997, and
my tape measure reveals a 17 inch diagonal. (It *is* a CRT, just in
case that was not obvious.)
The following is a RedHat & Fedora answer. Other flavors of Linux
have other tools.
The setup tool is /usr/bin/system-config-display
Hardware -> Monitor Type Configure -> Generic CRT
1024 x 768 is likely to be good. You could try 1280 x 1024 to see if
it works. The setup program will give you a chance to try it before
making the choice "permanent".
Actually, it just told me that I need to log out of X and log back in
for the settings to become active. So, on console F2, I've logged in
as root and located the appropriate files so that I can fix it even if
my screen on vt7 is too wonky to see anything.
I like the resolutions all the way up except that above 1024x768 the
scan rate is only 60 Hz. I think that the room lighting that I have
doesn't help this. Any time the display is at 60 Hz, there is a nearly
imperceptible screen image flicker, kind of annoying. I guess for now,
I'll save the higher resolutions for when I must use them.
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