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Date:      Fri, 25 Oct 2002 22:49:36 -0700
From:      Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org>
To:        swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes
Message-ID:  <20021025224936.74d91841.chip@wiegand.org>
In-Reply-To: <ba4rbaxtyq.rba@localhost.localdomain>
References:  <3DB8D805.5080304@wiegand.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20021025090708.00aaae60@pop51.bellnet.ca> <20021025064112.4d0c0e07.chip@wiegand.org> <ba4rbaxtyq.rba@localhost.localdomain>

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Gary W. Swearingen wrote this stuff on 25 Oct 2002 11:18:53 -0700:

> Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> writes:
> 
> > It's working now, I did have to set the HorizSync and VertRefresh
> > info manually. Seems I recall reading something about X not needing
> > those anymore after v4.1.0, but maybe not.
> 
> My /var/log/XFree86.0.log has this line
> (II) RADEON(0): Ranges: V min: 50  V max: 160 Hz, H min: 30  H max: 95
> kHz, PixClock max 210 MHz which seems to be related to this nearby
> prior line(II) RADEON(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
> 
> Note that the lines have "(II)", not "(**)".
> 
> I suppose that if your monitor supports the I2C/DDC protocol (AKA
> PnP?), then X can get the "Ranges" as above and use it.  I had
> hand-entered the same numbers from the Monitor's spec sheet, so I
> don't know if it actually works automatically.

It supposedly supports DDC, but I guess it's a bit flakey. Anyway, I
manually set the parameters in the XF86Config file, now it's working
fine.
Thanks,
Chip W

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