Monitor problems with dual boot slackware and winxp
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Monitor problems with dual boot slackware and winxp
I have a dual boot system. WinXP and Slackware 12.0. My system is a p-3 866 with 256 megs of ram. intel graphics using i810 drivers. A mag inovision monitor.
The monitor works well with both, with the exception that I have to adjust the screen to the left or right about an inch and a haft. This very annoying and I get yelled at if I run linux and dont change it back before my wife starts up windows.
Is there anything I can do to to fix this. I have tried doing searches with no results. Any help would be most welcomed.
If you are using an onboard video device, as I believe you are, you may not do any worse to use the VESA driver, instead of the i810 driver.
HOWEVER, before doing any such thing, verify one or two things in your xorg.conf file:
1 - In your Monitor Section, do your horizsync and vertrefresh rates exactly match the manufacturers specs of your monitor? Check the monitor's manual, or google it to get the proper scan and refresh rates.
2 - In your Screen Section, make sure you are sending a resolution which is within it's recommended range of operation, ie, if the thing is made to work at 1024x768 @ 60hz, don't try making it do 1152x934 @ 71.8 hz.
I had this problem too, when I first installed Slackware and was using the 'nv' driver at a less-than-ideal refresh or scan rate. Switching to the 'nvidia' driver and appropriately tuning up my xorg.conf a little bit, eliminated the issue, and I have never encountered it since.
It's a bit of a puzzle as to why it affects Kelean on Slackware, but not me, and I have the same problem with Debian & Debian based distros. It's no big deal anyway - easy to fix.
GrapefruiTgirl, I am using the specs for my monitor. I have the monitor set to 1024 x 768 at 85 Hz refresh rate. After reading your last post I used the the KDE control center and played with the refresh rates. I settled with a refresh rate of 75 Hz. I did this with the monitor set to look good in XP.
I am not really sure why the refresh rate would do that, but it works. All is good again.
Thanks to all, Kelean
Generally modern monitors are able to correctly set themselves up for the modes which they support, and they can convey this information to the X server so it all falls into place. Sometimes this communication fails though, for whatever reason (old monitors, other reasons I don't know of..).
Incorrect scan and refresh rates for a given resolution will skew the image projected, either in L<-->R placement, or in image size/shape, or both..
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