On Nov 10, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Pat Maddox wrote:
On 11/10/05, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Nov 10, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
On 11/10/05, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Nov 10, 2005, at 3:10 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
I've got a dual display setup, and it had been working fine once I
finally got the config done. They're two displays running off one
graphics card, one through the DVI output and one through the D-
SUB.
Today I had to switch the inputs that the monitors use, and it
just
doesn't work anymore. I get a message on my left display that
says
"Out of range." This isn't an Xorg or FreeBSD error, it's a
message
from the displays built-in HUD. This doesn't make any sense
because
as far as Xorg is concerned, there shouldn't be any
difference. The
D-SUB display should be on the left, and the DVI one should be on
the
right. I really don't understand what could be causing a
problem, but
for what it's worth, the display now connected to the D-SUB has
always
been more finicky than my other display. They're a ViewSonic
vp201
(D-SUB) and Dell 2001fp (DVI). Here's my config:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Dual Head"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
Option "Clone" "off"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
#Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Vendor Name"
ModelName "Model Name"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
The issue is with your refresh rates on one of the
monitors is out
of range. So what you need to do is go online, search for the
maximum
resolution for your monitors, and match it with the maximum
supported
resolution for your card along with the individual monitor's
maximum
resolution.
-Garrett
Thanks for the reply.
I checked out what refresh rates they're using in Windows, and both
monitors are set to 60. The finicky monitor apparently can run
at 60,
70, or 72.
I set the VertRefresh to 60, start up Xorg, and now I'm not getting
the error, but it's really flickery. Really, it's more like a bunch
of lines are scrolling down very quickly, it's not flicker, so
something definitely isn't right. If I set the VertRefresh to a
range, like 60-72, I still get that Out of Range error. I haven't
been able to find out exactly what refresh rates to use, because
these
are LCDs and the refresh rates given in ms, not Hertz. Not really
sure what that means.
Thanks for the reply, seems like I'm getting closer...I'd appreciate
any more help you can give me.
Pat
Pat,
That's not the actual refresh range for the monitor, it's
just the
currently used range.
What you want to do is search for "{maker} {model} horizontal
refresh" in google; the pages which come up are the ones you want to
refer to for your xorg.conf configuration.
Also, just as a sidenote, setting the refresh rate of the
monitor to
the highest possible range will help your eyes as they are accustomed
to a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz
-Garrett
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I called up ViewSonic tech support to get the info from them, and they
said that the recommended vertical refresh rate is 60Hz, and the
supported horizontal range is 30-92kHz. So I added a HorizSync 30-92
line and a VertRefresh 60 line. I'm still getting the same problem as
earlier when there was output, I run "Xorg -config myconfig" and it
looks like it's scrolling or something. 60Hz is the recommended
refresh rate, so I don't have any clue what the problem is.
Pat
Unfortunately that isn't a range though; it's just a set value. So
just give me the model number and I'll tell you how I got where I
needed to go and where to go to find the solution, because it seems
like you can't find the right google results (and I don't blame you
because sometimes it's hard to find the right answer in Google queries).
-Garrett
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