OK, now it's getting seriously weird... We've got a touchscreen driver for X v4 (thanks to [EMAIL PROTECTED]), so took the plunge and installed Red Hat 7.1 (=kernel 2.4.2-2, XFree86 4.0.3). The Graphical Install brought up a very nice display on our NEC 800x600 flat panel. In fact, I'd almost swear it was displaying 1024x768, though the datasheet says that's not possible...
In the X Monitor configuration, the install program claimed to have a "DDC probed monitor: APF0606", HSync 31.5-48.5, VSync 50-70, 16-bit colour, 1024x768. All very nice, except that clicking Test Setting gave a black screen. Changing to 256 colour, 800x600, also gave a black screen. We went ahead with the defaults, i.e. APF0606 1024x768, even though we've never heard of an APF0606 and the NEC panel doesn't claim to support DDC... After the install completed, we booted in text mode. The command "X -ac" bombed, with lots of the "sync - display should be between 8 and 24" errors. Inspection of XF86Config-4 showed no trace of APF0606 nor of any 1024x768 modes; these details were in XF86Config. As I understand it, the Red Hat Graphical Install uses X; does anyone know what settings it uses? And is it possible that the flat panel, despite its datasheet, was actually sync'd to 1024x768?? - Chris Tucker Engineering Director Io Limited CB5 0HT UK +44 (0)1638 742 390 (voice) This email may contain confidential information. If you are not a named recipient, or believe it may have been sent to you in error, please inform Io Limited at once. All outbound email is scanned for viruses, but we cannot guarantee that it is virus-free when you receive it.
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