[CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Thu Feb 28 20:31:54 UTC 2008


On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
>
> Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards and monitors,
> I use it here at work during kickstart installs.
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "Default Layout"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "kbd"
>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
Hi, Ross.  Thanks for that.  It got me in, but at a horrid 800x600, so I ran 
system-config-display, setting it to generic 1280x1024, and leaving the vesa 
driver.  Then I got

"out of range
H.Frequency: 75KHZ
V.Frequency: 60HZ"

Back into vi, and set the refresh rates, and eureka!  I'm back in business.  
Is it worth trying the nv driver again, or should I leave well alone?

Thanks for the help.  That config is going to be printed out for 
my "Emergencies" file. :-)

Anne

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