On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:54:18 -0400 (EDT), Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 07:47 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> ... >> However, the first problem may be a usage issue that >> I can solve with appropriate tweaks in xorg.conf. I just need to know >> what to do. Ideas anyone? > ... > In the past it was possible to get the frequency range by trial and > error, today this doesn't work for me anymore, you need to get it from > the web or your monitor's manual or IIRC I looked at a Suse install, > they provided default values for monitors. My German monitor might be > equal to another, international one, but IIRC I couldn't get info by the > web, just Suse supported it. On Arch Linux with a nearly equal config, I > get 81.9kHz/90.0Hz with the above config. IIRC the frequency thing does > work with the vesa driver too, just the resolution has to be 1024x768 or > another, but at least not 1152x864. I heard that modelines should be > obsolet, but IIRC it doesn't work here without. IIRC used an online > calculator to get it.
I tried using an explicit Modeline, both for 85 Hz and for 75 Hz, but this doesn't seem to work with the vesa driver. The pertinent message from /var/log/Xorg.0.log seems to be thus: (II) VESA(0): VBESetVBEMode failed, mode set without customized refresh. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1349186017.3752235.1382148503311.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
