RE: [gentoo-user] adjustment console/X [SOLVED]
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Nelson, David \(ED, PAR&D\) wrote: -Original Message- From: Jorge Almeida [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 March 2007 11:20 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] adjustment console/X I don't know what "VESAFB-TNG statement" means. Can you elaborate? Anyway, I think they are already the same: I have video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] in the appropriate line in grub.conf, and Modes "1280x1024" in xorg.conf. The update frequency is set to 60Hz (recommended for this monitor) in the Control panel of KDE. 1280x1024 is the native resolution of the monitor. Vesafb-tng is, to my knowledge, a kernel option. You have the option to use vesafb or vesafb-tng. It's in the part of the config where you enable the framebuffer. OK, I had that (the "statement" terminology confused me, that's all). I think the problem is solved: It appears that this monitor likes 75Hz only, not 60 Hz (my mistake, took it for another monitor). Using 75Hz both in the grub.conf line and in the Modes option in xorg.conf solves the problem. This is a LCD monitor, so one is not supposed to switch resolutions, anyway. Thanks. Jorge -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] adjustment console/X
> -Original Message- > From: Jorge Almeida [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 March 2007 11:20 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] adjustment console/X > > > I don't know what "VESAFB-TNG statement" means. Can you elaborate? > Anyway, I think they are already the same: I have > video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] in the appropriate line in > grub.conf, and Modes "1280x1024" in xorg.conf. The update > frequency is > set to 60Hz (recommended for this monitor) in the Control > panel of KDE. > 1280x1024 is the native resolution of the monitor. > Vesafb-tng is, to my knowledge, a kernel option. You have the option to use vesafb or vesafb-tng. It's in the part of the config where you enable the framebuffer. Cheers -- djn I do not represent anyone else in emails I send to this list. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] adjustment console/X
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007, Björn Ottervik wrote: Use the VESAFB-TNG statement to set the terminal update frequency and resolution to the same values used in X. I don't know what "VESAFB-TNG statement" means. Can you elaborate? Anyway, I think they are already the same: I have video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] in the appropriate line in grub.conf, and Modes "1280x1024" in xorg.conf. The update frequency is set to 60Hz (recommended for this monitor) in the Control panel of KDE. 1280x1024 is the native resolution of the monitor. Thanks, Jorge Almeida
Re: [gentoo-user] adjustment console/X
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 09:39 +, Jorge Almeida wrote: > The two boxes I use have LCD monitors, of different brands. When in X, > the "real estate" area is optimized. When I switch to a VC, the idea the > system has about the physical dimensions of the screen changes, and a > part of the displayed stuff is cropped. I can adjust it by pressing the > Auto button in the monitor controls, but then I get a black vertical > strip on the left after switching back to X, and I have to press Auto > again, etc. > > The boxes have different graphical cards, one with the ATI kernel driver > and the other with the nvidia driver. The console driver is VESA-TNG in > both cases, but with VESA the problem is the same. > > Is there some workaround? Some way the coax the system into using the > correct physical dimensions in X and VC? > > -- > Jorge Almeida Use the VESAFB-TNG statement to set the terminal update frequency and resolution to the same values used in X. /Björn Ottervik -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
