From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 9 05:56:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1A316A41F for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 05:56:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rools.ster@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44FE043D46 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 05:56:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rools.ster@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t10so140472wxc for ; Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:56:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=U6O21ihY7cjUyePuS6wB7Svw/EUMsCEFZvIV4whrxkkWaPo/2lXPECCt+UAcYPr4cF/QLTZYKiFzbYAjEkhzCHNQzvRhKjUaQn6/xeg1W4K7kY17xYnbYD+5ll0P+Kygbu6ILkZNyDXcBHrIDTo3OVRj1hfeZjWC8YjEjEzyhiU= Received: by 10.65.116.20 with SMTP id t20mr40426qbm; Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:47:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.76.16 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:47:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 22:47:44 +0000 From: Rools S To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: LCD stuck on unusable refresh rate under FreeBSD 6.0 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, 09 Nov 2005 05:56:34 -0000 I am new to FreeBSD and installed the 6.0-RELEASE on an AMD64 with a Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT graphics card and a Samsung SyncMaster 930BF 19" TFT. My problem is that the vertical refresh rate seems stuck at 60Hz and the horizontal sync rate at 63.8kHz. This causes serious eye strain and I can't use the system for very long before I get a headache. The optimal settings for this monitor is 1280x1024 with hor. 80kHz and vert= . 75Hz which I can get when I plug it into a win2k box and load the Samsung drivers. I am using the open-source nv drivers for the gpu.(can't find nvidia proprietary that support 6.0-RELEASE on AMD64) My X-server setup works fine but the xorg.conf configurations don't have an impact on the refresh and sync rates. I have tried the following settings in xorg.conf: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------- Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "SAM" ModelName "SyncMaster" HorizSync 80-81 VertRefresh 75-75 EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "1280x1024" ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync EndSection ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------- I've also tried without the "Modes" section and HorizSync values of 30-81 and VertRefresh values of 56-75 when I Xorg -config xorg.conf.new X works fine and but the OSD still shows the HorizSync to be 63.8 and VertRefresh 60 (on the windows box the OSD displayed the correct rates after driver setup) my /var/log/Xorg.0.log has the following lines of output: (--) NV(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280) (**) NV(0): *Default mode "1280x1024": 135.0 MHx, 80.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz (II) NV(0): Modeline "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync there is also a section in the log: (II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes: .. (II) NV(0): 1280x1025@75Hz .. My "screen" configuration in the xorg.conf file is as follows: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection I would greatly appreciate it if someone can point me in the right directio= n on this since with the current settings my system is unusable to me. Cornelis