On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 22:51 -0500, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 19:36 -0800, Jim Hayward wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 20:41 -0500, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > > > I just got a brand new SamSung 213T LCD monitor and a Matrox G450 MMS > > > graphics card and it doesn't want to play on the DVI interface. > > > > What kind of problem are you having? Errors or warning in > > your /var/log/Xorg.0.log when you have it hooked up DVI? > I have tried it so many times the history only shows success with the > analog. > I will switch back to DVI and try again. > > When I had the DVI cable connected, the monitor kept switching between > analog and digital. > > Do you have a matrox G450 as well? > > Maybe, I need to add the following sort of lines to the device section > of my xorg.conf file: > ============================================================================= > Option "DigitalScreen1" "on" > Option "DigitalScreen2" "on" > =============================================================================== Okay, I got it now had to add the following: To add DVI support, add the following line to the device section: Option "DigitalScreen" "yes" > > > > > > When I > > > used the analog input all is well at 1600x1200. What a beautiful > > > monitor. > > > > Wait until you have had it a while and get used to it. :-) I've I had my > > 213T(silver) since April connected to the DVI output on an ATI Radeon > > 9800 Pro. The picture is fantastic. > Does linux support for ATI Radeon is good? > > > > > > > > > In order to get the DVI going is there a special configuration in the > > > xorg.conf? > > > > > > > I the only thing I changed in my xorg.conf was to set the refresh rates. > > Note, the DVI rates are different from the analog rates. These should be > > auto detected by the video driver anyway. > Yes. > > > > > > > Regards, > > Jim H > > -- > > fedora-test-list mailing list > > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list >