From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 20:18:11 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 8A8AA16A41F for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:18:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DBB243D45 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:18:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id jAAKIAhI003744 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:18:10 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.4.22] (shiina.dyn.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.22]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id jAAKI9fR011937 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:18:10 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <810a540e0511101107o79d5ad73g6f49357eca79d58e@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e0511100310s33a8241aj607cbbe23d76d38e@mail.gmail.com> <27EC1BA2-04E6-4E20-89C7-CE7CE8BFCD40@u.washington.edu> <810a540e0511101107o79d5ad73g6f49357eca79d58e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:18:09 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: "Out of range" starting Xorg on dual display 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: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:18:11 -0000 On Nov 10, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Pat Maddox wrote: > On 11/10/05, Garrett Cooper 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