Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:42:07 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: detecting monitor's sync and refresh rate? Message-ID: <44abdgf880.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20081007115504.GA78610@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> (Anton Shterenlikht's message of "Tue\, 7 Oct 2008 12\:55\:04 %2B0100") References: <20081007115504.GA78610@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> writes: > I've a monitor (Mobi M15MPC) with no docs. > I've searched the net but cannot find any info on sync and refresh rate for it. > I've done Xorg -configure, but testing with X -config xorg.conf.new > shows screen shifted to the side and very nasty blinking, from which > I deduced that perhaps I need to specify correct sync, refresh and mode. > > Are there any commands to get sync and refresh from the monitor? If X can't probe the monitor for its settings, I wouldn't trust any other method of probing it either. Not to overlook the obvious: are the settings written on the back of the monitor? You can always try Google... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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