Determining Monitor Settings?

Crash90 · 07-21-2007, 09:27 PM

I have been having problems w/ xvine to run any kind of video's. It gave me strange colors and SLOW play back. I decided it might be time to configure my video card.

After some google searching, I determined I should be using the xconfig command.

Well I kind of breezed through the tutorial and didn't go out and find my vsync and hysnc for my monitor! So my desktop/video is very, very wrong.

Is there a way that linux can tell me the vsync and hsync of my unit?

My monitor is:

15.4" WXGA LCD on a Dell Inspiron 6000

Card is:

ATI Radeon Mobility

Lenard · 07-22-2007, 05:47 AM

According to: http://socrates.homelinux.org/index....llInspiron6000

The LCD screen can do 1600x1050 and since you have an ATi graphics interface it would be a good idea to also visit:

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

It may be a good idea to comment out the sync rates in the xorg.conf file, example below;

Code:

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
#	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
#	VertRefresh  59.9 - 60.1
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"

Crash90 · 07-22-2007, 02:58 PM

YATZHEE!!!!

If you are having the same problems - first try using the settings that the first link provides!

Make sure you refresh your desktop. For the settings to take effect, I had to change desktop sizes and then revert back to the original size to have my screen be back to workable!