Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:18:09 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Out of range" starting Xorg on dual display Message-ID: <F7126D7F-6D4F-4A4C-8836-6A49087CE12D@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <810a540e0511101107o79d5ad73g6f49357eca79d58e@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e0511100310s33a8241aj607cbbe23d76d38e@mail.gmail.com> <27EC1BA2-04E6-4E20-89C7-CE7CE8BFCD40@u.washington.edu> <810a540e0511101107o79d5ad73g6f49357eca79d58e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Nov 10, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
> On 11/10/05, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>> On Nov 10, 2005, at 3:10 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
>>
>>> I've got a dual display setup, and it had been working fine once I
>>> finally got the config done. They're two displays running off one
>>> graphics card, one through the DVI output and one through the D-SUB.
>>> Today I had to switch the inputs that the monitors use, and it just
>>> doesn't work anymore. I get a message on my left display that says
>>> "Out of range." This isn't an Xorg or FreeBSD error, it's a message
>>> from the displays built-in HUD. This doesn't make any sense because
>>> as far as Xorg is concerned, there shouldn't be any difference. The
>>> D-SUB display should be on the left, and the DVI one should be on
>>> the
>>> right. I really don't understand what could be causing a
>>> problem, but
>>> for what it's worth, the display now connected to the D-SUB has
>>> always
>>> been more finicky than my other display. They're a ViewSonic vp201
>>> (D-SUB) and Dell 2001fp (DVI). Here's my config:
>>>
>>>
>>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>> Identifier "Dual Head"
>>> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
>>> Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
>>> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>>
>>> Option "Xinerama" "true"
>>> Option "Clone" "off"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Files"
>>> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>>> ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Module"
>>> Load "dbe"
>>> #Load "dri"
>>> Load "extmod"
>>> Load "glx"
>>> Load "record"
>>> Load "xtrap"
>>> Load "freetype"
>>> Load "type1"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Keyboard0"
>>> Driver "kbd"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Mouse0"
>>> Driver "mouse"
>>> Option "Protocol" "auto"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Monitor"
>>> Identifier "Monitor0"
>>> VendorName "Vendor Name"
>>> ModelName "Model Name"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Device"
>>> Identifier "Card0"
>>> Driver "nvidia"
>>> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
>>> BoardName "NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600]"
>>> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>>> Screen 0
>>> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
>>> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Device"
>>> Identifier "Card1"
>>> Driver "nvidia"
>>> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
>>> BoardName "NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600]"
>>> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>>> Screen 1
>>> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
>>> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Screen"
>>> Identifier "Screen0"
>>> Device "Card0"
>>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>>> DefaultDepth 24
>>>
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Viewport 0 0
>>> Depth 24
>>> Modes "1600x1200"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Screen"
>>> Identifier "Screen1"
>>> Device "Card1"
>>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>>> DefaultDepth 24
>>>
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Viewport 0 0
>>> Depth 24
>>> EndSubSection
>>> EndSection
>>
>> The issue is with your refresh rates on one of the
>> monitors is out
>> of range. So what you need to do is go online, search for the maximum
>> resolution for your monitors, and match it with the maximum supported
>> resolution for your card along with the individual monitor's maximum
>> resolution.
>> -Garrett
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I checked out what refresh rates they're using in Windows, and both
> monitors are set to 60. The finicky monitor apparently can run at 60,
> 70, or 72.
>
> I set the VertRefresh to 60, start up Xorg, and now I'm not getting
> the error, but it's really flickery. Really, it's more like a bunch
> of lines are scrolling down very quickly, it's not flicker, so
> something definitely isn't right. If I set the VertRefresh to a
> range, like 60-72, I still get that Out of Range error. I haven't
> been able to find out exactly what refresh rates to use, because these
> are LCDs and the refresh rates given in ms, not Hertz. Not really
> sure what that means.
>
> Thanks for the reply, seems like I'm getting closer...I'd appreciate
> any more help you can give me.
>
> Pat
Pat,
That's not the actual refresh range for the monitor, it's just the
currently used range.
What you want to do is search for "{maker} {model} horizontal
refresh" in google; the pages which come up are the ones you want to
refer to for your xorg.conf configuration.
Also, just as a sidenote, setting the refresh rate of the monitor to
the highest possible range will help your eyes as they are accustomed
to a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz
-Garrett
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