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

[Scott Silva]

on 2-28-2008 12:31 PM Anne Wilson spake the following:

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"





Anne

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. :-)

Just save a copy so you can cp it into place in an emergency.

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