On 10/14/05, jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have just bought a new monitor (a LCD one), but when FC4 starts, I > > > get a message: > > > > > > "No support" > > > > > > and nothing happens after that. How can I solve this problem. > > > Curiously, with my MS Windows partition, there is no problem. > > > > I have tried to boot in text mode and run > > > > system-config-display --reconfig > > > > but no success. > > > > Any further ideas? > > > The reason your monitor is going blank is because it can't use the frequencies > that the video card is putting out. To protect itself it turns off. > > If you know the sweep frequencies of the monitor and the resolution you will > be using, edit these sections of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (these are mine for a > sample) and enter the numbers into your file; > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Digital Electronics" > ModelName "Digital 21 in. Color (FR-PCXAV-WZ)" > HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 16 > Modes "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" > "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection Thanks, jludwig. The problem was solved in the following way: * connected the old CRT monitor; * on FC4, I changed the resolution to 1024x768; * did shutdown; * started FC4 again. Paul
