----- Original Message ----
From: Gerhard Magnus <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2007 5:48:17 PM
Subject: Re: ViewSonic monitor problem
> > Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> > > > > My old CRT monitor burned out and I've
> > replaced it with a ViewSonic
> > > > > VG2030WM, which has a resolution of 1680 X
> > 1050 @ 60Hz. Kudzu (or
> > > > > whatever configures new hardware) set it to
> > 1280 X 1024 & 60Hz, which
> > > > > works fine, although everything is a little
> > larger than I want. The
> > > > > monitor model isn't listed in
> > system-config-display so I've set this to
> > > > > the generic "LCD Panel 1680 X 1050". But when
> > under "Display Settings"
> > > > > I set the resolution to 1680 X 1050, the next
> > time I try logging in or
> > > > > rebooting the monitor hangs the system.
> > Exactly how I get around this
> > > > > isn't clear -- sometimes the system goes back
> > to 1280 X 1024 after
> > > > > several attempts to reboot, and once I got the
> > screen back by starting
> > > > > to type something at the command line login
> > prompt that appears briefly
> > > > > before X starts.
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 12:22 -0700, Antonio Olivares
> > wrote:
> Reboot and press e to edit when grub starts up and
> enter into level 3 (non-gui). Try to configure
> xorg.conf by Xorg. Login as root user
>
> type
> # Xorg -configure
> and then test the X configuration and the mouse should
> appear at the middle (press ctrl+alt+backspace) to get
> back to the terminal.
>
> copy it over to /etc/X11/
> # cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> replace existing xorg.conf? Select yes
> and try to login by typing
> # startx
> Does it give you 1680x1050? If it does not, then
> check the
> Lines with
> HorizSync 24.0 - 92.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0
> and the modes in the bottom and put in the lines to
> all Depths from the beginning till the end.
>
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 15
> Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024"
> "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
>
> Configuring this to the maximum resolution is
> sometimes a pain. This should not happen as Fedora
> should do this out of the box with minimal problems.
> But different hardware and not enough testing with
> more hardware, issues like this arise as a result of
> that.
My new xorg.conf was generated by Xorg -configure. I added the
HorizSync, VertRefresh and Option lines and changed the Identifier,
VendorName and ModelName entries in the "Monitor" section. In the
"Screen" section I changed the "Monitor" entry and added a "Modes" line
to each of the "Display" subsections. Here's the new xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
FontPath "built-ins"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "vnc"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ViewSonic"
VendorName "ViewSonic"
ModelName "VG2030wm"
HorizSync 24.0 - 92.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "CacheLines" # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i>
#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics
Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "ViewSonic"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680 X 1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
I can now logon successfully without getting the monitor error message:
Out of Range
H.Frequency 93 KHZ
V.Frequency 87 Hz
But I'm still stuck in the 1280 X 1024 resolution.
----- End of Original Message ----
Jerry,
You are almost there. You can force the resolution by chosing
System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Screen Resolution
Is 1680x1050 there?
If it is select it and it should work. If it does not please report back.
I have a Viewsonic CRT Monitor which system-config-display nor Xorg -configure found. I had to manually add
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "ViewSonic G75f"
ModelName "ViewSonic"
HorizSync 30.0 - 86.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
and on this occasion, I left the display section blank without Modes 1600x1200 1280x1024, etc
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
and the first resolution appeared was 1280x1024 at 60Hz which is the optimal according to the site for my monitor, but I selected 1600x1200 and it worked for me. Please try it and report back if it does not work.
Regards,
Antonio
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