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Also I would like to add to you, brian__johnson, that your reaction to members that were here helping you isn't going to win you any friends or respect when asking for help on a free public forum. If your rude, it so inclines most to just disregard and move on to the next post. If something doesn't work that a member has mentioned, how hard is it to kindly tell them that "It didn't work? Any other suggestions?"
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I've installed Red Hat 5, 6, and 7. I've ran Xconfigurator AFTER the install. I've changed monitors and on some machines ran Xconfigurator to update and some changed the text files. Everytime it worked out fine.
You were rude. I can understand someone being frustrated. Just don't let it happen again. Do you boot directly into a GUI or do you come up to a text console? If you can get out of the GUI, run Xconfigurator as root. The instructions are in the link I posted earlier. If you need further assistance I will still be happy to help.
Hi, I was just frustrated too, but found out, I had failed to understand that X have to be restarted after changes (by logging off and on again).
Just changed HorizSync 30.0 - 76.0
to 30.0 - 85.0 in this section in XF86Config:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Proview 770"
HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
And now it runs 1024x768@85Hz.
Not so difficult, when you find out
Originally posted by DIB Hi, I was just frustrated too, but found out, I had failed to understand that X have to be restarted after changes (by logging off and on again).
Just changed HorizSync 30.0 - 76.0
to 30.0 - 85.0 in this section in XF86Config:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Proview 770"
HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
And now it runs 1024x768@85Hz.
Not so difficult, when you find out
NB. Running Red Hat 9.0
I'm having the same problem. My distro is Fedora.. How do I know which values to use for HorizSync and VertRefresh? Is it monitor dependent? My monitor is MAG Innovision 986FS.
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2/8/9, Fedora Core 1/2/3, Smoothwall, Mandrake 7.0/10, Vecter 4, Arch 0.6, EnGuarde
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Quote:
Originally posted by DIB Hi, I was just frustrated too, but found out, I had failed to understand that X have to be restarted after changes (by logging off and on again).
Just changed HorizSync 30.0 - 76.0
to 30.0 - 85.0 in this section in XF86Config:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Proview 770"
HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
And now it runs 1024x768@85Hz.
Not so difficult, when you find out
NB. Running Red Hat 9.0
<Coughs> It's not so easy. Simply changing the Horiz*, Vert* settings will not resolve the problem. All these settings do is give RH a understanding of "WHAT" the monitor can do. For example, your monitor specifications show these settings, but Windows can change the refresh rate. That is because these settings are not for altering the resolution and refresh rate. I can understand why Brian is upset. I do not support his last comment, but I empathize toward his opinion.
The settings are actually changed in another file all together. I'll bet you this DIB. Reinstall RedHat with a different monitor. Set the horiz* to 31.5 - 60, and the Vert* to 60 - 75. Shut down your computer and plug in your Proview 770. Turn your computer back on and change those settings back to your appeal through command line, and see if those posted settings of yours meet your appeal. Remember, he doesn't have RH9, so he doesn't have the auto changing resolution built in to RH9. Also, people who do not have a RH compatible monitor need to manually change the settings if there sync rate needs to be altered. Using the GUI to change the resolution will be considered cheating on those post, so push Ctrl + Alt + F1 and change it through command line.
I'll research brian's problem and post a possible fix.
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2/8/9, Fedora Core 1/2/3, Smoothwall, Mandrake 7.0/10, Vecter 4, Arch 0.6, EnGuarde
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Originally posted by redhax8 Brian,
I've installed Red Hat 5, 6, and 7. I've ran Xconfigurator AFTER the install. I've changed monitors and on some machines ran Xconfigurator to update and some changed the text files. Every-time it worked out fine.
You were rude. I can understand someone being frustrated. Just don't let it happen again. Do you boot directly into a GUI or do you come up to a text console? If you can get out of the GUI, run Xconfigurator as root. The instructions are in the link I posted earlier. If you need further assistance I will still be happy to help.
redhax8
Xconfigurator may not resolve his problem because if his video card has a set default sync rate (such as ATI Radeon 9000 Pro set to 85hz), RH will automatically set the sync rate to the cards default despite what kind of monitor you have. I should know, I have an LCD monitor that works with a maximum of 75Hz. Each and every install made, regardless of how it is done, sets the refresh rate to 85Hz. Xconfigurator is the same thing as install, so working with this only repeats the problem.
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Brian, I do not have your monitor specs, so working with variables rather then constants. I'm assuming your max HorizSync is at 80.x and your VertRefresh is at 100.x with a desired refresh rate of 100Hz? If this is incorrect, disregard this post and please post the minimum, maximum HorizSync/VertRefresh, and the bandwidth your video card please.
You got a lot of garbage in this file bud. Most, if not all, is incomplete. I'm assuming there was another script file that may have altered much of this, possibly from a video card driver you installed? Well, the video card driver should not require any information from the Monitor Section, so let's fix this section all up, shall we?
For just the Monitor Section, this is what you had:
Code:
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CustomConfiguration"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 80.76
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 100.07
# Modes can be specified in two formats. A compact one-line format, or
# a multi-line format.
# These two are equivalent
# ModeLine "1024x768i" 45 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 Interlace
# Mode "1024x768i"
# DotClock 45
# HTimings 1024 1048 1208 1264
# VTimings 768 776 784 817
# Flags "Interlace"
# EndMode
# This is a set of standard mode timings. Modes that are out of monitor spec
# are automatically deleted by the server (provided the HorizSync and
# VertRefresh lines are correct), so there's no immediate need to
# delete mode timings (unless particular mode timings don't work on your
# monitor). With these modes, the best standard mode that your monitor
# and video card can support for a given resolution is automatically
# used.
# 1024x768 @ 100 Hz, 80.76 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768@100" 126.64 1024 1056 1536 1568 768 781 794 807
EndSection
Now I know this won't fix the refresh rate but the reason why I'm asking you to do this is because you have an interlaced monitor. I do not know if my next step will fix it, so if your monitor does not start up here, do not move to the next step. If you fail to see anything because this step didn't work, simply push Ctrl + Alt + F1. Log in, and refer to using your backup of the XF86Config file.
If your monitor does work follow up with this change:
What this step does is provide optional settings for RH so if you would like to change the resolution in a game, such as Neverwinter Nights, you should see the options in (NeverwinterNights Software / XF86Config)
Note: You will see many of settings but not all of them in all software because they must be preset compatible within the software as well.
If you have done all this and the problem was not resolved, then I'm sorry I couldn't help. I am left to assume that you have complicated scripts leap-frogging between the XF86Config file and the unknown scripts.
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