Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 08:57:27 +1300 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nostrebor Cire <spock@mem.net>, bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Requesting XFree86 Modeline for Sony GDM-500PS Message-ID: <19991017085727.62996@mojave.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <38078F46.EA5AB61D@mem.net>; from Nostrebor Cire on Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 03:32:06PM -0500 References: <199910151537.IAA04997@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov> <38078F46.EA5AB61D@mem.net>
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On Friday, 15 October 1999 at 15:32:06 -0500, Nostrebor Cire wrote: > "Bruce A. Mah" wrote: > >> If memory serves me right, Greg Lehey wrote: >>> [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] >>> >>> On Thursday, 14 October 1999 at 13:57:04 -0500, Synapse Engineering wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>>> I am running FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE with XFree86 3.3.5. I just got a new >>>> Sony GDM-500PS and I am looking for the modeline definition that will >>>> drive this monitor to it's full capabilities. The standard modes for >>>> XFree86 are rather conservative. The highest refresh rate I could get >>>> with XFree86config was 60Hz. It made me dizzy watching the screen >>>> redraw before my eyes as I scrolled in Netscape. The monitor's maximum >>>> resolution is 1600 x 1200 / 85Hz. I have it running at 1600 x 1200 / >>>> 75Hz with this modeline: >>>> >>>> Modeline "1600x1200" 198.000 1600 1616 1776 2112 1200 1201 1204 1250 +h >>> sync +vsync >> >> [snip] >> >>>> Does anyone have a GDM-500PS or comparable monitor who knows the >>>> modeline I need? >> >> My display card is a Matrox Millenium G400 16MB. I ran XF86Setup, then >> on the appropriate screen, I input the horizontal and vertical > >> frequencies from the monitor specifications (30-121 kHz horizontal, >> 48-160 Hz vertical). The end result is that I'm now staring at a >> 1600x1200 screen with an 86 Hz vertical refresh frequency. Looks like >> it can also do 1280x1024 at 100 Hz. >> >> I don't think you'll be able to use my modelines verbatim, but here they >> are anyways: >> >> Modeline "1600x1200" 220.00 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +hsync +vsync >> Modeline "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -hsync -vsync > > I am running at 1600 x 1200 / 85Hz now. Yea! > > Here are the correct modelines for the GDM-500PS > Modeline "1600x1200" 220.00 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +hsync +vsync I'm glad to see that my guess of 225 MHz wasn't far off the mark :-) I still think you could file on those other parameters. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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