Problem with new monitor
Paul Smith
phhs80 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 14 21:39:28 UTC 2005
On 10/14/05, jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > I have just bought a new monitor (a LCD one), but when FC4 starts, I
> > > get a message:
> > >
> > > "No support"
> > >
> > > and nothing happens after that. How can I solve this problem.
> > > Curiously, with my MS Windows partition, there is no problem.
> >
> > I have tried to boot in text mode and run
> >
> > system-config-display --reconfig
> >
> > but no success.
> >
> > Any further ideas?
> >
> The reason your monitor is going blank is because it can't use the frequencies
> that the video card is putting out. To protect itself it turns off.
>
> If you know the sweep frequencies of the monitor and the resolution you will
> be using, edit these sections of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (these are mine for a
> sample) and enter the numbers into your file;
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Digital Electronics"
> ModelName "Digital 21 in. Color (FR-PCXAV-WZ)"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
Thanks, jludwig. The problem was solved in the following way:
* connected the old CRT monitor;
* on FC4, I changed the resolution to 1024x768;
* did shutdown;
* started FC4 again.
Paul
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