From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 4 07:14:46 2004 Return-Path: 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 D0E3F16A4CE for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 07:14:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (mproxy.gmail.com [216.239.56.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C87243D39 for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 07:14:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from assadbsd@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x43so81613cwb for ; Sun, 04 Jul 2004 00:14:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.11.100.76 with SMTP id x76mr237382cwb; Sun, 04 Jul 2004 00:14:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 00:14:37 -0700 From: 3BSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FreeBSD and DVI LCD monitors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:14:46 -0000 I have been trying for several days to get XFree86 going with my LCD monitor, but to no luck. Hardware: GeForce FX 5200 BenQ FP991 19" LCD monitor with DVI-S and HD-15 connectors. I shelled out a little extra for this monitor *specifically* for its DVI port, but it just simply won't work with FreeBSD. Slackware Linux 10 runs fine on the monitor on the same computer using X.Org server. I read on google search results that DVI monitors need a Refresh rate of 60Hz. At first I did not know which one were they talking about, which happened to by Vertical Sync, so I set that to 60 and did a startx, nothing. Monitor displays a "no input signal" messages and the light blinks. Then I installed nvidia drivers and tried, it got worse, I could not get my console back, while the system had not crashed, the display just would not come back, so I had to do a blind reboot. I then read somewhere that with some monitors, there is a problem with DDC, they lie about their digital sync rates suitable for display on the DVI port and report the analog port settings instead. I found out that I had to add: Option "NoDDC" "1" (or "true") to XFree86. I added the line, typed startx and was dissapointed yet again. Same "no input signal" message on the monitor again. I figured that if X.org server worked under Linux, then it should work with FreeBSD without problems, but I can't even try that since X.org port will refuse to install (already sent an e-mail in that regard to this group). Can anyone show me a way out of this mess? Should I try an ATi graphics card? Is there some configuration blunder that I'm making? -Assad