From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 16 13:35:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from begemot.org (negara.cs.waikato.ac.nz [130.217.248.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8346B154A6 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 13:35:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from mojave.lemis.com (modem14.slip.waikato.ac.nz [130.217.97.113]) by begemot.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA14787; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 09:38:08 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (grog@localhost) by mojave.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.6.12) id IAA06879; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 08:57:27 +1300 (NZDT) Message-ID: <19991017085727.62996@mojave.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 08:57:27 +1300 From: Greg Lehey To: Nostrebor Cire , bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Requesting XFree86 Modeline for Sony GDM-500PS References: <199910151537.IAA04997@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov> <38078F46.EA5AB61D@mem.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <38078F46.EA5AB61D@mem.net>; from Nostrebor Cire on Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 03:32:06PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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