On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 00:07:46 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:38:44 +0200 Florian Kulzer wrote: > > <<Snip>> > > > I have no experience with SiS video hardware, therefore I can only > > make general remarks: > > > > If you are unsure about the capabilities of your monitor you can try > > to find it on http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/ or to google for > > the model number. If you put the correct ranges for HorizSync and > > VertRefresh into the "Monitor" section of xorg.conf everything > > should be "safe". Maybe the ranges are currently specified too small > > and this prevents you from running at a higher resolution. > > > > Maybe the problem is with the ModeLine(s); it is easy to make a > > mistake there. I would try to comment out all of them and let Xorg > > pick the values according to the requested resolution and the > > specified monitor frequency ranges. All the systems I have set up in > > recent years have worked without any ModeLines in xorg.conf (or > > XF86Config-4). Then I would add "1024x768" as the first entry of all > > "Modes" lines in the "Screen" section and hope that Xorg can figure > > out the rest itself. > > > > -- Regards, Florian > > Thanks for the useful pointer to monitorworld.com. The front bezel of > the monitor says "Midwest Micro Elite", and since the screen is about > 14 inches diagonally, it would seem to be this monitor: > http://monitorworld.com/Monitors/midwest/microelite14.html. On the > other hand, there's a label on the back which says "Infotel Model > F562D", which isn't listed on monitorworld. Googling "Infotel F562D" > only returns one useless result. Assuming it's the Midwest Micro > Elite 14, monitorworld says: "H Freq/ V Freq: 30-64 khz / 100 hz". I > assume that means that I want "HorizSync 30-64", but what should > 'VertRefresh' be, just '100'? Also, the xorg.conf man page says that > the units default to Hz unless MHz or kHz are added to the end of the > line. Does that mean that the lines "HorizSync 28-38" and "VertRefresh > 43-72" which are currently in xorg.conf are interpreted as Hz, and > that I actually need "HorizSync 30-64 kHz"?
No, as far as I know the HorizSync values default to kHz units if nothing is specified; see "man xorg.conf | grep -A 10 HorizSync". If you don't find your monitor on the web then you can try to run get-edid | parse-edid to see what the monitor itself reports. -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]