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. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080218/7bd8cacf/attachment-0004.sig>