On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 19:03 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > --- Gerhard Magnus <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > > > > My old CRT monitor burned out and I've > > replaced it with a ViewSonic > > > > > VG2030WM, which has a resolution of 1680 X > > 1050 @ 60Hz. Kudzu (or > > > > > whatever configures new hardware) set it to > > 1280 X 1024 & 60Hz, which > > > > > works fine, although everything is a little > > larger than I want. The > > > > > monitor model isn't listed in > > system-config-display so I've set this to > > > > > the generic "LCD Panel 1680 X 1050". But when > > under "Display Settings" > > > > > I set the resolution to 1680 X 1050, the next > > time I try logging in or > > > > > rebooting the monitor hangs the system. > > Exactly how I get around this > > > > > isn't clear -- sometimes the system goes back > > to 1280 X 1024 after > > > > > several attempts to reboot, and once I got the > > screen back by starting > > > > > to type something at the command line login > > prompt that appears briefly > > > > > before X starts. > > > > On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 12:22 -0700, Antonio Olivares > > wrote: > > Doing a search for the monitor in question > > > http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/graphicseries/vg2030wm/ > > > > > In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > > > > Edit "Monitor" Section > > > > > > Section "Monitor" > > > Identifier "ViewSonic" <---- Here put > > ViewSonic > > > VendorName "ViewSonic" <----- put > > ViewSonic > > > ModelName "VG2030VM" <----- put VG2030VM > > > HorizSync 24.0 - 92.0 <---- Got this > > from product guide > > > VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0 <---- see above > > > Option "DPMS" > > > EndSection > > > Here's my new xorg.conf: > > > > # Xorg configuration created by > > system-config-display > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "single head configuration" > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Files" > > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > Driver "kbd" > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > Identifier "ViewSonic" > > VendorName "ViewSonic" > > ModelName "VG2030wm" > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to > > use DDC: > > HorizSync 24.0 - 92.0 > > VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0 > > Option "DMPS" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > Driver "i810" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Videocard0" > > Monitor "ViewSonic" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 1 > > Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" > > "1152x864" "1024x768" > > "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 4 > > Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" > > "1152x864" "1024x768" > > "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 8 > > Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" > > "1152x864" "1024x768" > > "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 15 > > Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" > > "1152x864" "1024x768" > > "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 16 > > Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" > > "1152x864" "1024x768" > > > === message truncated === > > Have you tried to comment out the > > HorizSync 24.0 - 92.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0 by putting in a "#" before > them > When I comment out the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines in xorg.conf (either the old one or the one modified as above) I end up with 800 X 600 resolution. gnome-display-properties gives that and 640 X 480 as the only options while /usr/bin/system-config-display bombs off. I'll try the livecd and Xorg configure approaches next.... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list