On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ted Spradley wrote:
> >
> > > David Mintz wrote:
> > > > <snip>
> > (II) RADEON(0): Manufacturer: AMT Model: 4e38 Serial#: 4144
> > (II) RADEON(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
> > (II) RADEON(0): 720x400@70Hz
> > (II) RADEON(0): 720x400@88Hz
<snip>
> > (II) RADEON(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-96.00 kHz
> > (II) RADEON(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-180.00 Hz
> > (II) RADEON(0): Clock range: 12.50 to 350.00 MHz
> > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
> > (--) RADEON(0): Virtual size is 1920x1440 (pitch 1920)
> > (**) RADEON(0): Default mode "1920x1440": 234.0 MHz, 90.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
>
> Yow! This is why your screen is black! What made you think this tube
> could do this? An older one would have caught fire and burned down your
> house.
What made you think I thought? I followed the instructions in my FreeBSD
Handbook. (Remember, you're dealing with a clueless old Windows luser
who's trying hard to flee from Bill and get a clue.) I.e., I ran 'XFree86
-configure', FreeBSD wrote my XF86Config.new, and I ran 'XFree86
-xf86config XF86Config.new'.
But it's interesting to note that my monitor specifications right in the
User's Manual say:
Scan Frequencies
Horizontal 30KHz to 96KHz
Vertical 50 Hz to 180Hz
which seems to agree with what XFree86 detected wrote into my config file.
>
> Scroll up a few lines. Your AMT monitor was made in December 1999. The
> screen is 32X24 cm. The serial number is 4144. There's a long list of
> modes that it's capable of, but it ends with "1280x1024@75Hz" and
> "1152x870@75Hz". A little bit further down XFree86 tells you a list of
> modes that it won't try because the tube just told it that it couldn't
> do them. That list includes "1920x1440". But that (**) at the
> beginning of the line says that you insisted that it should try
> "1920x1440": 234.0 MHz, 90.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz.
I did? My config file, the one XFree86 wrote for me, says, in part, the
following (I've put the whole file at
http://panix.com/~dmintz/doc/xfconfig.new.txt)
Maybe you can suggest how I should modify it?
[snip]
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "AMT"
ModelName "DT897N"
HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 180.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
[more options commented out]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Radeon VE"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
> Fortunately, your monitor is
> smart enough just to go black, rather than blow smoke.
Guess I'm on a roll of good luck here -- and I thought I was having a hard
time of it!
As always,
In deepest gratitude,
David
David Mintz
Spanish Interpreter
US District Court, Southern District of New York
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