TFT Monitor out of Freqency problem

BACTRATE · 02-02-2005, 12:10 PM

I have just installed a new TFT Monitor (GNR) and it works perfectly under
Win95 but when trying to boot into Linux it says 'out of frequency' and shuts the monitor down.So I am unable to make any adjustments in Linux.
Any help much appreciated.

Dave

Tuttle · 02-02-2005, 12:51 PM

which distro are you using?
can you get to a terminal? (ctrl+alt+F1~6)

BACTRATE · 02-02-2005, 03:55 PM

Thanks Tuttle.
I am using mandrake 10.1.I will try ctrl+alt+F1 -6.

Dave

BACTRATE · 02-02-2005, 04:44 PM

Hello again Tuttle
Can also get the command line shell by pressing ctrtl.alt f1 etc.Dont know how to configure the monitor from shell.

Dave

Tuttle · 02-02-2005, 05:35 PM

First, find out the horizontal and vertical refresh rate range for your monitor, then log in as root and run:

Code:

/usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig

This will configure the X server, asking you several questions about your hardware.
Once you get X up and running you can configure the finer details from within the KDE control centre.

BACTRATE · 02-03-2005, 07:42 AM

Thanks Tuttle I will try it

Cheers

Dave

BACTRATE · 02-03-2005, 12:15 PM

Now all ok thanks to you Tuttle.

All the best.

Dave

jschiwal · 02-04-2005, 06:05 AM

There is a program you can run to estimate a modeline:
example:
/usr/X11/bin/gtf 1280 800 60 --xorgmode
will give you an xorg style modeline for "1280x800@60Hz"

This example looks like this on my system:
[jschiwal@hpamd64 jschiwal]$ /usr/X11R6/bin/gtf 1280 800 60 --xorgmode

# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
Modeline "1280x800_60.00" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync

I think that you may want to run this program when your computer isn't heavily loaded to get a better result.

BACTRATE · 02-04-2005, 06:36 AM

Thanks for the progtam and info Jschiwal.

Regards

Dave