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Running 9.3 at the moment and installed 10 yesterday night. When in 9.3 I had nasty problem with my monitor. The monitor would loose its image, show a black screen and could only be activated when I used the on off switch. Nothing in my setup could be possible connected with this behavior. I got a reserve monitor from my favorite computer shop and installed that monitor. No problem whats however. Getting my monitor back without the shop finding anything wrong (they ran it two times 24 hours with Windows ;-(), I changed monitors without changing any of the settings. Since than I ran 9.3 the whole day and the problem did not show up. Installing 10 I found for the first time ever my monitor in the choices of sax and used those settings. At once the problem occurred again. Changing to 9.3 with the (last) settings of the reserve monitor the problem was gone (for the whole day). Looking at the settings I got following differences. monitor hor. vert. I 9.3 L7031 30-70 47-104 according to monitor manual II 9.3 TVM LR-4DC 30-50 50-120 according to sax list III 10 L703X 30-69 50-90 according to sax list Both under I and III my monitor blacks out regular (5 to 10 minutes) Under II my monitor is stable and does not black out. I know that it is said to damage the monitor if the minimum and maximum values are not kept but does somebody know how serious this kind of warning has to be taken? Any ideas why my monitor acts like it does? I am using the monitor at 1024x768 with 15 bit color depth because in the past as my monitor started spooking I found in the past that those settings gave me the longest times between the blackouts.
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Hello,
In the Message: [suse-linux-e ML: No.251036] with the date of Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:15:02 +0700 [Constant] == "C. Brouerius van Nidek"
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Constant> Running 9.3 at the moment and installed 10 yesterday night. Constant> When in 9.3 I had nasty problem with my monitor. The monitor would Constant> loose its image, show a black screen and could only be activated Constant> when I used the on off switch. Maybe, it's a refresh rate problem. Constant> monitor hor. vert. Constant> I 9.3 L7031 30-70 47-104 according to monitor manual Constant> II 9.3 TVM LR-4DC 30-50 50-120 according to sax list Constant> III 10 L703X 30-69 50-90 according to sax list Are these LCD Display? If so, you must set the refresh rate 60Hz. Anyway, show the "Section Monitor" part of xorg.conf. Regards, --- Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiyac360@mg.point.ne.jp "Bill! You married with Computers. Not with Me!" "No..., with money."
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On Sunday 23 October 2005 22:35, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
Hello,
In the Message: [suse-linux-e ML: No.251036] with the date of Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:15:02 +0700 [Constant] == "C. Brouerius van Nidek"
has written: Constant> Running 9.3 at the moment and installed 10 yesterday night. Constant> When in 9.3 I had nasty problem with my monitor. The monitor would Constant> loose its image, show a black screen and could only be activated Constant> when I used the on off switch.
Maybe, it's a refresh rate problem.
Perhaps but I have no idea.
Are these LCD Display? If so, you must set the refresh rate 60Hz.
No, it is a normal old fashioned bulky monitor.
Anyway, show the "Section Monitor" part of xorg.conf.
Here is the relevant part of xorg.conf I presume.
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2005-10-16T12:45:26+0700.
#
# Version: 4.8
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer
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Hello,
In the Message: [suse-linux-e ML: No.251044] with the date of Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:34:07 +0700 [Constant] == "C. Brouerius van Nidek"
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Constant> Here is the relevant part of xorg.conf I presume. [...] Constant> Section "Monitor" Constant> Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" Constant> DisplaySize 287 215 Constant> HorizSync 30-50 <---- Constant> Identifier "Monitor[0]" Constant> ModelName "LR-4DC" Constant> Option "DPMS" Constant> VendorName "TVM" Constant> VertRefresh 50-120 Constant> UseModes "Modes[0]" Constant> EndSection [...] This is for II's display. isn't it? Constant> II 9.3 TVM LR-4DC 30-50 50-120 according to sax list If you use monitor at 1024x768, set HorizSync 30-48.3 That is. at Constant> HorizSync 30-50 X set the refresh rate at 62Hz. monitor hor. vert. I 9.3 L7031 30-70 47-104 according to monitor manual III 10 L703X 30-69 50-90 according to sax list For these, at 1024x768, you must set HorizSync 30-48.3 Yes, it's same, because the refresh rate depends on only resolutuion. --- Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiyac360@mg.point.ne.jp "Bill! You married with Computers. Not with Me!" "No..., with money."
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Hello,
In the Message: [suse-linux-e ML: No.251089] with the date of Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:24:15 +0900 [Me] == Masaru Nomiya
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Me> Hello,
Me> >>>>> In the Message: [suse-linux-e ML: No.251044]
Me> >>>>> with the date of Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:34:07 +0700
Me> >>>>> [Constant] == "C. Brouerius van Nidek"
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* C. Brouerius van Nidek
Looking at the settings I got following differences.
monitor hor. vert.
I 9.3 L7031 30-70 47-104 according to monitor manual II 9.3 TVM LR-4DC 30-50 50-120 according to sax list III 10 L703X 30-69 50-90 according to sax list
Both under I and III my monitor blacks out regular (5 to 10 minutes) Under II my monitor is stable and does not black out.
You give three possible monitor id's. Go to the manufacturer's web side and get the EXACT specs, Horizontal Sync and Vertical Refresh. Then go to runlevel 3 and as root start sax2 and plug-in the correct values for your monitor according to the manufacturer and forget what the table advised. (the windoz install disk for your monitor should contain the correct rates in an xxx.inf text file.) If you still have problems, you probably have a monitor that is going away and will need to be replaced when you become agrivated enough. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
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C. Brouerius van Nidek
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Masaru Nomiya
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