> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 236, Issue 8 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 00:14:41 +0000 > > Send freebsd-questions mailing list submissions to > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-questions digest..." > > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:42:07 -0400 > From: Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: detecting monitor's sync and refresh rate? > To: Anton Shterenlikht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Anton Shterenlikht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've a monitor (Mobi M15MPC) with no docs. > > I've searched the net but cannot find any info on sync and refresh rate for > > it. > > I've done Xorg -configure, but testing with X -config xorg.conf.new > > shows screen shifted to the side and very nasty blinking, from which > > I deduced that perhaps I need to specify correct sync, refresh and mode. > > > > Are there any commands to get sync and refresh from the monitor? > > If X can't probe the monitor for its settings, I wouldn't trust any > other method of probing it either. > > Not to overlook the obvious: are the settings written on the back of > the monitor? > > You can always try Google... > > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ > > I have the same problem only when the screen shuts off. The problem doesn't exist if I switch to a virtual terminal. It also corrects itself once I login or start using the gui. Lowell has a point here. It may be your monitor. I'm using a generic monitor and the problem also exists with X.org on Debian Linux with the same monitor. _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008_______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
