X makes monitor shut off

FirebirdV0273 · 09-28-2003, 07:52 PM

hi, i just installed slackware 9.1 (which i was very excited about when it came out, i was waiting since the beginning of the month) and now that i have it installed when i startx my monitor goes into standby mode as if the tower had lost power. it's still on and if i hit ctrl+alt+backspace to end the X session the monitor comes back on and displays the terminal. i have a GeForce FX 5200 card. any ideas guys?

daveo · 09-29-2003, 04:25 AM

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Originally posted by FirebirdV0273
hi, i just installed slackware 9.1 (which i was very excited about when it came out, i was waiting since the beginning of the month) and now that i have it installed when i startx my monitor goes into standby mode as if the tower had lost power. it's still on and if i hit ctrl+alt+backspace to end the X session the monitor comes back on and displays the terminal. i have a GeForce FX 5200 card. any ideas guys?

Have you checked the XF86Config file, and put it on the lowest resolution already? Also have a look at the Mhz it might to load ...

Hope this helps,

aaa · 09-29-2003, 06:49 AM

The monitor does that when you have it set on the wrong settings, so it won't destroy itself like older monitors used to. Check your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and your monitor manual to make sure you aren't trying to do something the monitor can't do.

FirebirdV0273 · 09-29-2003, 01:40 PM

yeah, thanks for your input. i knew that my monitor would shut off if i had the horizontal and vertical frequencies set wrong so i changed that in my XF86Config (before i posted here). that didn't work. but then i got the proper driver for my video card from nvidia and that worked. thanks again.