Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:10:49 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brian <brian@elite.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [NEWBIE] Monitor Setup in Xfree86 Message-ID: <19980204151049.40168@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34D7E77D.540827FA@elite.net>; from Brian on Wed, Feb 04, 1998 at 03:58:53AM %2B0000 References: <34D7E77D.540827FA@elite.net>
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On Wed, Feb 04, 1998 at 03:58:53AM +0000, Brian wrote: > First off, I just wanted to thank those who have helped me before > regarding the ports and xfree setup... WIth that.. I guess I'll move > on.. > > Not knowing much about monitors, I found the following on my monitor: > > ############################################################################### > # Monitor: Seiko CM 1440 I wonder if this is a 14", 40 kHz monitor. > # Contributor: Jeff Jennings [jennings@stortek.com] > # Last Edit Date: 12/9/91 > # > # name clock horizontal timing vertical timing flags > "1024x768i" 45 1024 1064 1224 1264 768 777 785 817 > Interlace > "1152x900i" 45 1152 1184 1288 1360 900 898 929 939 > Interlace These lines are are incorrect. They should read: "1024x768i" 45 1024 1064 1224 1264 768 777 785 817 Interlace "1152x900i" 45 1152 1184 1288 1360 900 898 929 939 Interlace It's important not to get the "Interlace" on the next line. If this is your mailer's doing, consider that it could cause a lot of problems. There are alternative mailers--see http://www.lemis.com/email.html. Apart from that, they show a horizontal frequency of 35.6 kHz (45000/1264) and 33 kHz (45000/1360) respectively. I don't know of any monitors which can't do that. > Ok, I'm currently using a Diamond Stealth 24 VLB with 1 meg video RAM. > This monitor will do 1024x768 in (yuck) Win95. > > I do realize this is a RTFM question, Well, for once it isn't :-) At any rate, there's very little documentation available. Ideally you need your monitor's documentation--if you have that, you should definitely adhere to it. > but the problem is I'm not confident in setting this up with all the > warnings I keep seeing about how I can blow up the monitor with the > wrong setup. As it is now, I'm using the S3 server, in 1024x768 > using the SVGA 1024x768 interlace monitor selection in the Xfree86 > config program. Only problem is, at the very top of the monitor, > about 1/4 of an inch is "warped", which I'm assuming means I don't > have the scan rates right. Can you describe the "warping" more carefully? This could describe different problems. I don't think it's liable to damage the monitor, though. [insert disclaimer here] > I need to fix this, obviously. I'm hoping someone out there can > tell me the numbers to put in, in the Graphical Xfree86 config > program in the monitors tab. If there is any other information I > need to know, I could use that too. Well, I go into a lot of detail about this in "The Complete FreeBSD", available from Walnut Creek. It's more than I could reproduce here. > Thanks so much for any help anyone can provide. Now that I have > FreeBSD config'd and have Xfree86 running with AfterStep, it's a > pretty sight. If I could just get this monitor problem worked out, > I'd feel a lot better. Shouldn't be too difficult. Greg
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