Hi All,

Fresh FC5 install, brand new BenQ FP202W, any way I try to get it to run 1680x1050 I get an "Out of range" message on the display. It is hooked up via VGA if that helps.

I know my way around command line pretty well, but when X11 doesn't work I don't even know where to start. I've searched this site, and none of the solutions provided seemed to work so far... any ideas you have are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Could you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Most likely, the Monitor settings for vertical frequency is to high. I notice that the specifications web page says "(1680 x 1050 = max. 60Khz )". By default, the Monitor setting for vertical frequency is higher than that--maybe 75 or 85, depending on what monitor was plugged in when you did the initial install.

You'll want to set the max vertical frequency in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to 60.

OK, I'm an idiot...

I did have the refresh rate set to 60, but that wasn't the problem.

I ran all of the updates through yum and it worked. Aparently the drive from the install disk maybe didn't support the settings I had so it was defaulting up to something a little different? I don't know, but once all updates were applied, it runs like a champ.

Thanks,
Eric

You mean the nvidia driver updates?

I'm not certain... I have everything configured accoring to fedorafaq.org's setup, and then just ran a yum update. Since it was a fresh install, there were hundres of them, so I'm not sure which one did the trick.

edit /etc/X11/Xorrg.conf to add the modeline info

use "gtf 1680 1050 70" to generate ur own modeline if need be.


Section "Modes"
Identifier "16:9"
ModeLine "1680x1050" 173.8 1680 1792 1976 2272 1050 1051 1054 1093 -hsync +vsync #vertical refresh 70Hz
ModeLine "1280x1024" 138.5 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1069 -hsync +vsync #vertical refresh 75
ModeLine "1280x720" 95.7 1280 1352 1488 1696 720 721 724 752 -hsync +vsync #vertical refresh 75
ModeLine "640x480" 30.7 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 502 -hsync +vsync #vertical refresh 75
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "ViewSonic"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1680x1050"
UseModes "16:9"
DisplaySize 400 225
HorizSync 31.5 - 94.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 75.0
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Nvidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

if you are running intel 945g integrated controller you are screwed as the driver is broken and modeline will not work.

i believe intel has fixed this issue with the latest drivers (i910) and hopefully it will be included in the next kernel update.