The "nv" driver that comes with XFree86 didn't support DVI
in any official XFree86 release, but it will be supported in 4.3.
Upgrade to one of the 4.2.99.x snapshots on ftp.xfree86.org and
put Option "FlatPanel" in the Section "Device" of the XF86Config.
Mark.
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Michael Mangus wrote:
> I have tried installing Red Hat 8.0 and Mandrake 9.1.
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> During the Video/Monitor detection portion of the distributions:
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> Detected Generic NVidia Gefore 3 (PNY 64MB DVI Geforce 3)
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> Monitor: Not detected.
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> Tried all the generic and some other monitor settings but my monitor would
> just have an out of sync error. The ones that did not give an out of sync
> error would say no input and would keep a black screen. When the monitor
> would sync it would just create a furry of scans/lines across the screen.
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> I tried inputting the custom monitor settings for the horizontal and
> vertical settings but it would do the same as any other setting.
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> Monitor: Sony SDM-M81 DVI LCD 18.1"
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> Monitor Manual shows:
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> Horizontal frequency: 28-92kHz
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> Vertical frequency: 48-85Hz
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> Preset Mode timing table
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> No Resolution Horiz Vert Graphics Mode
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> 1) 640x480 31.5kHz 60Hz VGA-G
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> 2) 640x480 35.0kHz 67Hz Macintosh 13" Color
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> 3) 720x400 31.5kHz 70Hz VGA-Text
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> 4) 800x600 37.9kHz 60Hz VESA
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> 5) 832x624 49.7kHz 75Hz Macintosh 16" Color
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> 6) 1024x768 48.4kHz 60Hz VESA
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> 7) 1024x768 60.2kHz 75Hz Macintosh 19" Color
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> 8) 1152x870 68.7kHz 75Hz Macintosh
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> 9) 1280x960 60.0kHz 60Hz VESA
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> 10)1280x960 64.0kHz 60Hz VESA
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> Could somebody direct me in the right direction or explain what I need to do
> to get my monitor to work when installing one of the two distributions?
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> Thank you for your time.
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> Michael
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