On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Carl F. Hall wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions Mark. > > I changed the vert sync range and horiz. range to the those you said > were in the log file for the monitor's EDID. After doing so, I still > had the problem but now have available 75Hz along w/ 60Hz. I didn't > think my monitor worked at anything by 60 but whatever. So I selected > 75Hz and the overlap went away! If this will detremental to my monitor, > someone please let me know. Otherwise, I'm going to keep on going with it.
As long as you have the correct ranges 56-76 vertical, 30-80 Horizontal in the Section "Monitor" you should be OK. Those were taken from the monitor's EDID (plug and play info). The EDID claims it's a "DELL 1701FP". The manufacturer's specifications: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/04pjr/en/specs.htm claim that it can do [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark. > > Thanks again for all of the very knowledgeable help. > > _Carl > > Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > The monitor's EDID (printed out in the logfile) indicates > > a prefered mode, which implies the native panel resolution is > > 1280x1024. It also specifies a vertical sync range of 56-76 Hz > > and horizontal range of 30-80 kHz (you have 50-75 and 30-65 > > in your XF86Config). XFree86 chose a [EMAIL PROTECTED] (64KHz) VESA mode > > with an identical refresh rate to the prefered mode in the EDID. > > In short, the mode XFree86 chose should have worked, and it > > sounds like it did at one time, so I guess we can't rule out a > > hardware issue. You can try changing the sync pulses. It's > > using the following modeline now: > > > > Modeline "1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 > > +hsync +vsync > > > > If you put that line in the Section "Monitor" XFree86 will use it > > instead of the internal one. You can change the pulses by changing > > the +/- before the hsync and/or vsync. You also might want to > > check your monitor cable to make sure it's plugged in tightly. > > If this doesn't work you could try lowering that pixel clock (the 108.00) > > a bit to see if it works any better (eg. something between 102 and 108). > > > > Does your video card have a DVI connector? If you use it you > > will be bypassing your monitor's analog circuitry. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Carl F. Hall wrote: > > > > > >>I have an LCD monitor that does auto adjustments based on the input and > >>not a lot, but some, adjusting I can do manually outside of color and > >>contrast. Other resolutions seem to work fine so I can't agree with the > >>hardware assessment but I'm not informed enough on the area to > >>completely disagree. Is there anything I can change in the config to > >>change the vertical synch pulses and maybe fix it that way? > >> > >> > >>Doug McNutt wrote: > >> > >>>At 10:40 -0500 2/14/05, Carl F. Hall wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>I have an overlap at the bottom of the screen that is a copy of the first > >>>>10-15 pixels of the top of the screen. I'm running at 1280x1024. When I > >>>>switch to 1024x768, the problem doesn't show. I've tried adjusting the > >>>>monitor but there are useful things, namely the status bar, behind that > >>>>overlap. > >>> > >>> > >>>Sounds like a typical hardware problem. The internal adjustment in your > >>>monitor is probably called vertical phase. The monitor is failing to synch > >>>tightly to the vertical synch pulses form the video card when the rate is > >>>pushed too high. If you're lucky it's just an internal adjustment but it's > >>>more-often due to change in value of a capacitor on the printed circuit > >>>board. I doubt that those pixels are actually copies but if they are I'm > >>>all wrong. The video card would have to be thoroughly messed up to send > >>>some pixels twice. > >>> > >>>It's extremely rare for that kind of problem to originate in a video card. > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>Version: 7.0.306 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>XFree86 mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > >> > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.306 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [email protected] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [email protected] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
