[CentOS] system-config-display wrongly sets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor
Terry Polzin
foxec208 at wowway.com
Mon Feb 18 18:49:38 UTC 2008
On Monday 18 February 2008 12:24, Anne Wilson wrote:
> I originally set up this monitor with an analogue lead. Everything seemed
> fine, so I didn't check xorg.conf at all. Then I bought a digital lead,
> and since then the monitor blinks. Running system-config-display
> identifies it as a 1280 x 1084 CRT monitor. It is an LCD monitor.
>
> That model is not on the drop-down list, so assuming that a specific driver
> wasn't available for it, I tried telling system-config-display that it is a
> generic LCD 1280 x 1024 monitor - restarted X, then went back to
> system-config-display, where it showed up as a CRT monitor.
>
> The refresh rate set was way outside the manufacturer's recommendations
> (1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz). so I tried manually setting refresh rates to match
> the manual's recommendations. At the moment my xorg.conf has
>
> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> ModelName "Monitor 1280x1024"
> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> HorizSync 60.0 - 72.0
> VertRefresh 60.0 - 72.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nv"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Attached is the relevant part of the specification page. Any advice,
> please?
>
> Anne
Have you tried running system-config-display --reconfig?
The reconfig argument starts with a fresh config file and seems to detect the
hardware better.
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