From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 08:39:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD74C106569A for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:39:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 881278FC25 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:39:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KnUZp-0004UX-5F for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:39:27 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KnUZo-0007Dt-DE for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:39:24 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m988dN9p088763 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:39:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m988dNWX088762 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:39:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:39:23 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081008083923.GB88736@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20081007115504.GA78610@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <44abdgf880.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44abdgf880.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Subject: Re: detecting monitor's sync and refresh rate? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:39:28 -0000 On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 04:42:07PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht 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