Rainer Klier wrote:
Am Wednesday 06 May 2009 14:33:04 schrieb LLLActive@GMX.Net:
Is there a way to test the monitor geometry? I used to be in Television engineering, and there we generated images for adjusting or checking CRT geometry. I just want to check where the problem is. I will be installing Ubuntu 9.04 tomorrow or so, and then look how the LCD performs. Ubuntu was the first to get my Gericom Notebook working with
i don't understand what is so complicated with your setup. the more options and custom modelines you add to your xorg.conf the worse it will be.
really!
edit your xorg.conf as root via text-editor. try to comment out the lines in your monitor section dealing with UseModes, DisplaySize, HorizSync, VertRefresh. and of course Option "UseEDID" "FALSE".
if you tell X not to use EDID on this monitor it is understandable, that the monitor geometry, syncing and resolutions are totally wrong if they are not setup properly in your xorg.conf.
the best way to get things right is, to let the gfx-card "talk" to the monitor to negotiate the correct timings, geometry, syncing and resolutions. this is done with EDID.
here is section monitor of my xorg.conf: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor[0]" VendorName "Seiko" ModelName "1920X1200@60HZ" #UseModes "Modes[0]" #DisplaySize 366 229 #HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0 #VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0 Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200" EndSection
here you can see, i commented out/disabled everything dealing with monitor geometry, syncing and resolutions. because of this the gfx-card "talks" to the monitor to negotiate the correct timings, geometry, syncing and resolutions and doesn't use any values (which may be wrong) stored in the xorg.conf.
and below in xorg.conf in Section "Screen" you only have to use your monitors native resolution 1680x1050 as first choice like this:
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen[0]" Device "Device[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x600" EndSubSection EndSection
that's it! no modeline calculation or anything else.
have you tried this?
Yes, it works now. Two reasons. 1. The graphics card does not give the resolution with analogue through a KVM switch. Your tip that the Graphics card and Monitor should "talk" to each other gave me the hint. In analogue it obviously does not "talk" with my setup. Don't know why it took me so long to come to think about this possible problem. 2. Using digital without a KVM switch and the minimum setups as you described does the trick. The card and monitor now talks. The monitor is also recognised correctly as a Maxdata (RogenTech) B102035W at 1680x1050 by the nvidia Server Setting Tool. I am also considering another card to use with Compiz. I can get a Zotac nVidia GeForce 9600 GT AMP Card (PCI-e, 512MB GDDR3 Memory, Dual DVI / TV-Out, 1 GPU) for €95. The 8500GT was a bad buy, but cheap at €40 end of 2007. I found out later that it is actually a cheap line and worse than the previous generation. Anyway, thanx a ton for the tips ye all, :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org