Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:39:23 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: detecting monitor's sync and refresh rate? Message-ID: <20081008083923.GB88736@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <44abdgf880.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20081007115504.GA78610@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <44abdgf880.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 04:42:07PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> writes: > > > I've a monitor (Mobi M15MPC) with no docs. > > I've searched the net but cannot find any info on sync and refresh rate for it. > > I've done Xorg -configure, but testing with X -config xorg.conf.new > > shows screen shifted to the side and very nasty blinking, from which > > I deduced that perhaps I need to specify correct sync, refresh and mode. > > > > Are there any commands to get sync and refresh from the monitor? > > If X can't probe the monitor for its settings, I wouldn't trust any > other method of probing it either. > > Not to overlook the obvious: are the settings written on the back of > the monitor? no, nothing there. Can I make anything from this fragment of /var/log/Xorg.0.log: (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1184 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (54.9 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0 28.32 720 738 846 900 400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz) > You can always try Google... so far no luck thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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