Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:56:33 -0700 From: James Earl <jamesd.earl@gmail.com> To: hmiller@intradyn.com, nkinkade@ub.edu.bz, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice on integrated video on friends system Message-ID: <c6bf255050315155649acf9cc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050315214610.GP8226@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> References: <c6bf25505031513274b9dd3df@mail.gmail.com> <20050315214610.GP8226@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:46:10 -0600, Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> wrote: > > I don't know about Xorg and hardware compatibility for an ATI Rage Pro > chip, but from what you are describing I would tend to point to an > issue with the monitor settings rather than the video card itself. If > the monitor is old, then EDID information may not be available from the > monitor, so Xorg may just try some default monitor setting that don't > happen to work with that monitor. Have you done some searches for Hsync > and Vertical Refresh rates for the monitor in question? Once you know > these values (ranges), you can set them manually in the xorg.conf file > under the section titled "Monitor". For example: > > Section "Monitor" > <some other directives> > HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 > EndSection > > As far as losing control of the display, but apparently still having > control of the keyboard, is the machine on a network? Can you possibly > ssh into the box and control it remotely? > > Nathan I tested out a GNOME LiveCD, and it worked, so I've made a copy of the xorg.conf file and will give it a try later on tonight. The xorg.conf used was more sparce compared to the one that I generated using Xorg -configure, so hopefully this will be the ticket. Thanks
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