How to I let Feity know about my monitor?

Jim McCauley

I've had to change monitors from a Compaq 1520 LCD to an old but serviceable
Hitachi SuperScan Pro 17 (aka CM1786-AD) CRT. The highest resolution that
Feisy's "Screen Resolution" app will give me in 800x600 at 61 Hz, but this
bulletproof old tube was giving me 1240x960 at 60 Hz on a Windoze box just
yesterday.

How to I let Feisty know that the monitor has changed? Neither the Compaq
LCD nor the this CRT is listed in the "Device Manager."


Jim McCauley

NoStop

"Jim McCauley" <jematfriidotnet> wrote:

> I've had to change monitors from a Compaq 1520 LCD to an old but
> serviceable
> Hitachi SuperScan Pro 17 (aka CM1786-AD) CRT. The highest resolution that
> Feisy's "Screen Resolution" app will give me in 800x600 at 61 Hz, but this
> bulletproof old tube was giving me 1240x960 at 60 Hz on a Windoze box just
> yesterday.
>
> How to I let Feisty know that the monitor has changed? Neither the Compaq
> LCD nor the this CRT is listed in the "Device Manager."
>
>
> Jim McCauley

In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, within the Section "Monitor" enter the
Hsync and Vsync data for your particular monitor. The lines will look like
this:

HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0

But the numbers of course will be dependent on YOUR monitor.

You may also need to add the higher resolutions to your Modes line(s). For
example, if you're using a color depth of 24, under the Screen section,
look for the SubSection "Display" section and start the Modes line
with "1280x1024"

HTH,

Cheers.

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Derek Turner

Jim McCauley wrote:
> I've had to change monitors from a Compaq 1520 LCD to an old but serviceable
> Hitachi SuperScan Pro 17 (aka CM1786-AD) CRT. The highest resolution that
> Feisy's "Screen Resolution" app will give me in 800x600 at 61 Hz, but this
> bulletproof old tube was giving me 1240x960 at 60 Hz on a Windoze box just
> yesterday.
>
> How to I let Feisty know that the monitor has changed? Neither the Compaq
> LCD nor the this CRT is listed in the "Device Manager."
>
>
> Jim McCauley
>
>
For a GUI way see Xserver-Xorg which will install under 'Administration'
- slightly less risky than editing the xorg.conf file direct IMO.

Jim McCauley

"NoStop" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:udjzi.83931$fJ5.32847@pd7urf1no...
> In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, within the Section "Monitor" enter the
> Hsync and Vsync data for your particular monitor. The lines will look like
> this:
>
> HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
>
> But the numbers of course will be dependent on YOUR monitor.

Thanks! I'm now up to 1024x768 -- a decided improvement.

> You may also need to add the higher resolutions to your Modes line(s). For
> example, if you're using a color depth of 24, under the Screen section,
> look for the SubSection "Display" section and start the Modes line
> with "1280x1024"

I changed the Modes lines to include "1280x1024" but the generic VESA driver
that is running the graphics card (an ATI Radeon 7000) is giving me a screen
that is pinched at the top and bottom. I think I heard that there is no
Linux driver for the Radeon 7000. Is that right? IIRC, 1024x768 is the
highest resolution that VESA supports, so I am probably asking the driver to
do something unsupported.

Thanks again. The current higher resolution is most helpful, but if there
is a way to go 1280x960 or even just 1152x864, I'd be much obliged to
receive further guidance.


Jim McCauley

Steve Thompson

"Jim McCauley" <jematfriidotnet> wrote:

> I've had to change monitors from a Compaq 1520 LCD to an old but
> serviceable
> Hitachi SuperScan Pro 17 (aka CM1786-AD) CRT. The highest resolution that
> Feisy's "Screen Resolution" app will give me in 800x600 at 61 Hz, but this
> bulletproof old tube was giving me 1240x960 at 60 Hz on a Windoze box just
> yesterday.
>
> How to I let Feisty know that the monitor has changed? Neither the Compaq
> LCD nor the this CRT is listed in the "Device Manager."
>
>
> Jim McCauley

Jim,

You can add your monitor to the Monitor Database
in /usr/share/apps/guidance/MonitorsDB and then just select your monitor
from the list.

My monitor specs are: ViewSonic; ViewSonic VX910; VS10162; 24-82; 50-85

Then, in your xorg.conf you can add these if you. want See (<--- )

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6150SE nForce 430"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "DPI" "96 x 96" <--- force 96x96 resolution here

EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "GeForce 6140SE nForce 430"
Monitor "ViewSonic VX910"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1280 1024 <-- set your virtual screen size here
Depth 24


HTH,

Steve

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NoStop

"Jim McCauley" <jematfriidotnet> wrote:

> "NoStop" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:udjzi.83931$fJ5.32847@pd7urf1no...
>> In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, within the Section "Monitor" enter the
>> Hsync and Vsync data for your particular monitor. The lines will look
>> like this:
>>
>> HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
>> VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
>>
>> But the numbers of course will be dependent on YOUR monitor.
>
> Thanks! I'm now up to 1024x768 -- a decided improvement.
>
>> You may also need to add the higher resolutions to your Modes line(s).
>> For example, if you're using a color depth of 24, under the Screen
>> section, look for the SubSection "Display" section and start the Modes
>> line with "1280x1024"
>
> I changed the Modes lines to include "1280x1024" but the generic VESA
> driver that is running the graphics card (an ATI Radeon 7000) is giving me
> a screen
> that is pinched at the top and bottom. I think I heard that there is no
> Linux driver for the Radeon 7000. Is that right?

I have no direct experience with that particular card, but I'd think that
the regular open source ATI driver would work with it. Try replacing "VESA"
with "ATI" in your xorg.conf and see how it goes.

Cheers.

--

Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.

NoStop

"Jim McCauley" <jematfriidotnet> wrote:

> "NoStop" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:udjzi.83931$fJ5.32847@pd7urf1no...
>> In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, within the Section "Monitor" enter the
>> Hsync and Vsync data for your particular monitor. The lines will look
>> like this:
>>
>> HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
>> VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
>>
>> But the numbers of course will be dependent on YOUR monitor.
>
> Thanks! I'm now up to 1024x768 -- a decided improvement.
>
>> You may also need to add the higher resolutions to your Modes line(s).
>> For example, if you're using a color depth of 24, under the Screen
>> section, look for the SubSection "Display" section and start the Modes
>> line with "1280x1024"
>
> I changed the Modes lines to include "1280x1024" but the generic VESA
> driver that is running the graphics card (an ATI Radeon 7000) is giving me
> a screen
> that is pinched at the top and bottom. I think I heard that there is no
> Linux driver for the Radeon 7000. Is that right? IIRC, 1024x768 is the
> highest resolution that VESA supports, so I am probably asking the driver
> to do something unsupported.
>
> Thanks again. The current higher resolution is most helpful, but if there
> is a way to go 1280x960 or even just 1152x864, I'd be much obliged to
> receive further guidance.
>
>
> Jim McCauley

Jim, See this page, for help ...

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ra...d8667c8e0949c9

Cheers.

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Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.

Ian Pawson

Jim McCauley wrote:
> I've had to change monitors from a Compaq 1520 LCD to an old but serviceable
> Hitachi SuperScan Pro 17 (aka CM1786-AD) CRT. The highest resolution that
> Feisy's "Screen Resolution" app will give me in 800x600 at 61 Hz, but this
> bulletproof old tube was giving me 1240x960 at 60 Hz on a Windoze box just
> yesterday.
>
> How to I let Feisty know that the monitor has changed? Neither the Compaq
> LCD nor the this CRT is listed in the "Device Manager."
>
>
> Jim McCauley
>
>
Run the command mentioned at the top of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to reset
your xorg.conf file