I have been trying for several days to get XFree86 going with my LCD monitor, but to no luck. Hardware: GeForce FX 5200 BenQ FP991 19" LCD monitor with DVI-S and HD-15 connectors.
I shelled out a little extra for this monitor *specifically* for its DVI port, but it just simply won't work with FreeBSD. Slackware Linux 10 runs fine on the monitor on the same computer using X.Org server. I read on google search results that DVI monitors need a Refresh rate of 60Hz. At first I did not know which one were they talking about, which happened to by Vertical Sync, so I set that to 60 and did a startx, nothing. Monitor displays a "no input signal" messages and the light blinks. Then I installed nvidia drivers and tried, it got worse, I could not get my console back, while the system had not crashed, the display just would not come back, so I had to do a blind reboot. I then read somewhere that with some monitors, there is a problem with DDC, they lie about their digital sync rates suitable for display on the DVI port and report the analog port settings instead. I found out that I had to add: Option "NoDDC" "1" (or "true") to XFree86. I added the line, typed startx and was dissapointed yet again. Same "no input signal" message on the monitor again. I figured that if X.org server worked under Linux, then it should work with FreeBSD without problems, but I can't even try that since X.org port will refuse to install (already sent an e-mail in that regard to this group). Can anyone show me a way out of this mess? Should I try an ATi graphics card? Is there some configuration blunder that I'm making? -Assad _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
