Re: Looking for monitor sync settings
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 09:05:26PM -0600, jh wrote: Sorry to keep posting on this subject. I have tried about 35 different combinations in xf86config, but I still cannot find what the monitor needs. Every time I run xf86config and then do startx I get a screen with screwed, flickering and unreadable characters. My monitor is a Micron m14fg During xf86config it says that I may find info on my monitor by reading /usr/doc/xserver-common/monitors.gz I do not know how to look at this file. I have run many searches on the internet including all over Micron's site but can find no info on this monitor. Also, Micron's tech department has not e-mailed me back. Does anybody have any suggestions? Do I want or need x on my computer? I am interested in running spreadsheet and database programs like star office or similar. Thank you for any help you may be able to give. Jeff Hi Jeff, I'm a newbie, so you may wish to take this with a grain of salt. I had lots of fun with my monitor as well. It is a 14'' Compaq 1425. As for specs try looking in the your monitor user guide and look for Technical Specs. In this section you should see stuff like dimensions, screen area, and most important for the X-window setup, something like display resolutions. In my user guide I have 3 columns under this which goes like: 48.4 kHz 60Hz 1024x768 VESA timing 37.8 kHz 60Hz 800x600 VESA timing 31.9 khz 70Hz 720x400 I'll go ahead and include my config file. BTW if anyone knows if there is a Linux repository for this type of stuff let me know. Hopefully all this work I did to get X to work on my monitor can save someone the agony I went through figuring this out. :) [Setting up non listed monitors sucks ] (Jeff, feel free to try this , but make sure you change the video card settings to match whatever you have on your box). And also the mouse settings. Listed under Pointer in my file. Good luck * # File generated by xf86config. # # Copyright (c) 1995 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the Software), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL # THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE # SOFTWARE. # # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall # not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other # dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the # XFree86 Project. # # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** # ** # Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set # ** Section Files # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like .txt or .db). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together), # as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath # command (or a combination of both methods) # # If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other # programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory # to the end of this list (or comment them out). # FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ # For OSs that support Dynamically loaded modules, ModulePath can be # used to set a search path for the modules. This is currently supported # for Linux ELF, FreeBSD 2.x and NetBSD 1.x. The
Re: Looking for monitor sync settings
jh wrote: Sorry to keep posting on this subject. I have tried about 35 different combinations in xf86config, but I still cannot find what the monitor needs. Every time I run xf86config and then do startx I get a screen with screwed, flickering and unreadable characters. My monitor is a Micron m14fg During xf86config it says that I may find info on my monitor by reading /usr/doc/xserver-common/monitors.gz I do not know how to look at this file. _ I use MidNight Commander as my main tool for working on this type of problem. It will decompress most of the known types of files from the file manager screen and allow you to view most anything inside.If you have not installed it, do so, it will be your friend :-) I have run many searches on the internet including all over Micron's site but can find no info on this monitor. Also, Micron's tech department has not e-mailed me back. Does anybody have any suggestions? _ I would start by trying the vga server if it is a monitor more than 4 years old, or if you are not sure. If XF86Setup runs at all it is an indication that it will run in vga mode. If you are reasonably sure that it is an svga monitor then select vga in the settings for XF86Setup. This will get you a basic system running using the defaults. I also reccommend using a range of frequencies, in the settings, rather than trying to hit the exact one. This is OK and works safer than possibly burning out the screen. Try setting HorizSync 30.00 60.00 and VertRefresh 50.00 71.00 these are pretty basic. Hope this helps. - John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
Looking for monitor sync settings
Sorry to keep posting on this subject. I have tried about 35 different combinations in xf86config, but I still cannot find what the monitor needs. Every time I run xf86config and then do startx I get a screen with screwed, flickering and unreadable characters. My monitor is a Micron m14fg During xf86config it says that I may find info on my monitor by reading /usr/doc/xserver-common/monitors.gz I do not know how to look at this file. I have run many searches on the internet including all over Micron's site but can find no info on this monitor. Also, Micron's tech department has not e-mailed me back. Does anybody have any suggestions? Do I want or need x on my computer? I am interested in running spreadsheet and database programs like star office or similar. Thank you for any help you may be able to give. Jeff
Re: Looking for monitor sync settings
During xf86config it says that I may find info on my monitor by reading /usr/doc/xserver-common/monitors.gz I do not know how to look at this file. cd to that directory, then type gunzip monitors.gz Then you can view the file. If you can't find any info on the monitor on the net, I sugest you start at the bottom and work your way up the settings. Like, choose most conservaative settings for hsync/vsync. Also, check the server you are running. What video card do you have? You could start with SVGA server, if your card is compatible with it. Do I want or need x on my computer? I am interested in running spreadsheet and database programs like star office or similar. Yeah, for StarOffice you will need X. It's generally a good idea to have it on a computer. Andrew - Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://scorpio.myip.org--All the pages bundled together. - -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzfWpdQAAAEEAMzkmzLbsfl+etaUcsbQtIL51PmO17r6hasF/FsXVXHjfDac GtmQ81XlhWXNp0+u4d2818g3ue5wqMv9NOIAn/rV4WgWv3p8dpcwIAPCw0p3DM68 RpuTGKDSkQcFwzobva/qP+64PS/RF7EDlKHqd454Hk281CbLlPbozTjTC9fxAAUR tAdTY29ycGlv =znD+ -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Re: Looking for monitor sync settings
On 22/10/99 Andrei Ivanov wrote: cd to that directory, then type gunzip monitors.gz Then you can view the file. nah, use zless or zmore then you do not have to recommpress it again (or have it wasting extra space) Best Regards, Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP key: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/pgp/
Re: Looking for monitor sync settings
*- On 22 Oct, Ethan Benson wrote about Re: Looking for monitor sync settings On 22/10/99 Andrei Ivanov wrote: cd to that directory, then type gunzip monitors.gz Then you can view the file. nah, use zless or zmore then you do not have to recommpress it again (or have it wasting extra space) nah, use the LESSPIPE and LESSOPEN variables set up by eval `/usr/bin/lesspipe` (stick this in your .bashrc or .login file) and then just use less to look at .gz, .bz2, .tar.gz, .tar, .deb, etc. Brian Servis -- Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
