Monitor This

kaz4u2dig · 01-21-2004, 10:34 PM

Where do I correct my hor & vert. frequencies which i have. I think i have been there before but cannot find it again

Breezwell · 01-21-2004, 10:51 PM

You would need to either edit /etc/X11/XF86Config by hand or run /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config.

kaz4u2dig · 01-21-2004, 11:23 PM

FOUND IT AND LEARNED HOW TO CHANGE IT AND SAVE IT (I THINK) BUT NOW ITS APPLIED TO MY DESKTOP... IT SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE RESOLUTION.... GGGGRRRRRRRR! THIS ____ OS! PLEASE HELP!

Texicle · 01-21-2004, 11:31 PM

No, it shouldn't have changed your resolution. It should've changed your frequencies. Your Depth Modes change your resolution, as detailed in your other thread.

And what do you mean that it's applied to your desktop...it should have changed the resolution?

And STOP YELLING please.

kaz4u2dig · 01-21-2004, 11:39 PM

sorry i am a CAD draftsman and use only caps... force of habit. well upon reboot in dos my monitor tells me it is using the frequencies but upon login threw root it tells me that my hor is 50 and vert is 0. <sigh> funny i had my lower task bar (i guess thats the name for it) set to tiny and now its set to normal.... screen resolution is still huge... i might get a new video card and newer OS. unless you guys have any other ideas... i did my best to modify that file... it didnt look like the example but it had some similar features... i changed all the 800x640 to 1024x768 hoping it would change my resolution Nope

Texicle · 01-21-2004, 11:56 PM

Okay. Tha'ts just the resolution, but did you make sure you changed it on the Default Depth you chose? Also, your horiz and vert refresh rates are going to be found in the owner's manual or by a search online www.google.com/linux will do the trick.

The horiz and vert refresh rates will be found in the same file. Run one of the tools FancyPiper suggested and all the right questions will be asked--answer them correctly and you should be in GUI normality in no time.

fancypiper · 01-22-2004, 12:04 AM

Have you tried control-alt-plus and control-alt-minus to see if SuSE is set up for multi-resoutions?

Here is an example from the relavent sections in my file that you should edit in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file:

Code:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        HorizSync   30.0-95.0
        VertRefresh 50.0-160.0
        Option "dpms"

        # -- 1400x1050 --
        # 1400x1050 @ 60Hz, 65.8 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  129   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

        # 1400x1050 @ 70Hz, 76.8 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  151   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

        # 1400x1050 @ 75Hz, 82.3 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  162   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

        # 1400x1050 @ 85Hz, 93.2 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  184   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

EndSection

Section "Device"
        # no known options
        Identifier   "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
        Driver       "nv"
        VendorName   "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
        BoardName     "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"

        #BusID
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier   "Screen0"
        Device       "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
        Monitor      "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24

        Subsection "Display"
               	Depth       24
               	Modes       "1024x768"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

kaz4u2dig · 01-22-2004, 12:06 AM

sorry. I appreciate everyone's help. I won't give up thanks. But I hope you guys can understand how aggrivating things can get. I'll reread all the posts that I posted today. sorry if i wasted everyone's time but i did learn alot and i hope everyone else did too.

ps. I did change the horiz and vert entries in that file, and as for the default depth all i see is depth and its 8, 16, 24, 32 and i changed those from largest to smallest. Still small resolution.

Texicle · 01-22-2004, 12:09 AM

I understand how aggravating it is. I re-installed Slackware 8.1 about 15 times before getting it right.

Another thing, try the link at the bottom of my signature, Simply Linux. It's got LOADS of useful information you might be interested in.

fancypiper · 01-22-2004, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kaz4u2dig
ps. I did change the horiz and vert entries in that file, and as for the default depth all i see is depth and its 8, 16, 24, 32 and i changed those from largest to smallest. Still small resolution.

That is color depth. Look in Subsection "Display" for resolution.

kaz4u2dig · 01-22-2004, 12:22 AM

subsection "display"
depth 24
modes "1024x768"

i changed it... sorry guys i have been trying to get this since 8 o' clock this morning and its past midnight now....i'll try again tomarrow