On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:31 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
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. :-)
---- I was reluctant to state this because I have no authoritative knowledge on these things but if you change video cables, I think that you need to reboot to get the video chipset to properly recognize the cable/monitor connected.
Craig