First off, ensure that you're driving the monitor properly. Make sure you're not just running it with vesa or similar drivers, and update nvidia or ati to the latest proprietaty ones.
I also had (have - see another post!) problems getting my new monitors to run at all - as they were native 1440x1050 resolution, to which my installation scratched its head. They'd run at 1280x1024, not not native. To fix this, I needed to add a modeline to the configuration: videogen will create you one, or there are online options - http://www.sh.nu/nvidia/gtf.php for example you just need to know the native resolution and refresh rate you want to use ( 60Hz is a good start for flat panels ). Here's an example of the monitor section from xorg.conf with a modeline wot I stole off the net Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Bigname" ModelName "BestModel" ModeLine "1680x1050" 146.2 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 Option "DPMS" EndSection Let us know if this helps... Steve On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:26:15 +1200 Matthew Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kia ora, > > so, my screen went bung and I had to get it replaced. Would just go > completely blank i.e. black screen, nothing at all. Checked all the > cables which were firmly in place. Occasionally it would flash back to > life, then die again. So, I phoned Philips since it was still warranted, > courier picked it up three hours later and I was impressed. Not so > impressed when the courier lost it. I phoned Philips every day for a > while and eventually a week and a half later (after having to write them > an email stating I'd rung them on such and such a day, courier had > picked it up at such and such a time and that I needed a replacement) I > received the replacement. Problem was it was physically damaged. So they > sent me another. Now, the second replacement has a similar problem to > the first replacement, there are lines visible going up the screen > spaced about an inch apart and every now and there are diagonal lines > moving down the screen. Apparently its a driver issue, but of course > Philips don't have any drivers for linux. Any thoughts or suggestions? > > Cheers > Matt
