[ale] new monitor

Dow Hurst Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
Sat Mar 5 16:46:29 EST 2005


This is the XF86Config file from the redhat box with the two Dell LCDs.

[dhurst at arwen dhurst]$ cat /etc/X11/XF86Config
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name 
of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "fbdevhw"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#       Option  "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
# or:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
#       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
#
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "DELL 2001FP"
        HorizSync    31.0 - 80.0
        VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300"
        Option "TwinView"
    # be sure to replace the HorizSync and VertRefresh with correct values
    # for your monitor!
        Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync"   "31-80"
        Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
        Option "TwinViewOrientation"      "RightOf"
        Option "MetaModes"                "1600x1200,1600x1200; 
1024x768,1024x768"
#       Option "MetaModes"                "1280x1024,1280x1024; 
1024x768,1024x768"
        Option "ConnectedMonitor"         "dfp,dfp"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" 
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#               Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" 
"640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group        0
        Mode         0666
EndSection

I sure hope this helps!  Sounds weird that the LCDs are refusing the 
config.  I wonder if the difference between X.org and XFree has anything 
to do with this?

Orri Rail wrote:

>I tried it...but doesn't work :(
>
>--- Dow Hurst <Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I had your problem and figured it out.  You have to
>>specify the Vertical 
>>Refresh option as 60.0-60.0 exactly.  Then you can
>>get the 1600x1200.  I 
>>have dual 2001FP LCDs hooked up with a Nvidia FX1300
>>PCI-X with both at 
>>1600x1200.  The desktop is unified across both
>>screens and hardware 
>>accelerated.  Very nice.
>>Dow
>>
>>
>>Orri Rail wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I got a new 20" dell 2001fp monitor which I can't
>>>      
>>>
>>use
>>    
>>
>>>in the default 1600x1200 at 60hz resolution.  The
>>>      
>>>
>>video
>>    
>>
>>>card is nvidia fx5200.  It works perfectly with win
>>>xp.
>>>
>>>If i put the following correct sync rate in the
>>>monitor section of xorg.conf :
>>>
>>>Section "Monitor"
>>> HorizSync    75
>>> Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
>>> ModelName    "1600X1200 at 60HZ"
>>> Option       "DPMS"
>>> VendorName   "--> LCD"
>>> VertRefresh  60
>>>EndSection
>>>
>>>then X won't start and comes with this error :
>>>
>>>(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable
>>>configuration.
>>>
>>>"Fatal server error:
>>>no screens found "
>>>
>>>Changing the the sync rate to "HorizSync 31-80"
>>>launches X, but only in 1024x768 resolution.
>>>
>>>Here's my Device section in xorg.conf
>>>
>>>Section "Device"
>>> BoardName    "GeForce FX 5200"
>>> Driver       "nvidia"
>>> Identifier   "Device[0]"
>>> Screen       0
>>> VendorName   "NVidia"
>>>EndSection
>>>
>>>The Xorg.0.log writes out :
>>>"(II) NVIDIA(0): Mode "1600x1200" is larger than
>>>      
>>>
>>BIOS
>>    
>>
>>>programmed panel size of 1024 x 768.  Removing."
>>>
>>>Any help is greatly appreciated, I've been fiddling
>>>with this for the last week.  (I've tried adding
>>>modelines, but nothing works).
>>>
>>>I'm running Suse 9.2
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>Orri  
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