X & ViewSonic VG710b using the 810 driver

[Jim Cornette]

Bill Gradwohl wrote:

>Immediately after installing FC4 from CD's, I launched a yum update from
>within and X terminal session to download 400+meg of patches. At that
>time, I believe I was using 1024x768 screen resolution I picked as the
>default during install. Everything went well. 
>
>After rebooting, X is giving me a problem. The display hardware reports
>an error on the display - 
>	Out of range - H Freq 70KHz - V Freq 87Hz
>
>Below is the pertinent part of xorg.conf:
>Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>        ModelName    "ViewSonic VG710b"
>        DisplaySize  340        270
>        HorizSync    30.0 - 82.0
>        VertRefresh  50.0 - 85.0
>        Option      "dpms"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "Videocard0"
>        Driver      "i810"
>        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>        BoardName   "Intel 865"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Videocard0"
>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>        DefaultDepth     24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     24
>                Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     16
>                Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>        EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>The login screen appears to be at 1280x1024, or at least 1024x768. The
>1280x1024 is the native resolution for the display. 
>
>Immediately after login, the hardware error appears on the display. I
>have to Ctrl-Alt-+ to get to a lower resolution to see anything, and
>then the virtual screen is larger than the physical screen so I have to
>mouse around to the corners to see everything.
>
>Clearly, the 87Hz is greater than the maximum stated in the xorg.conf
>file. I can't seem to affect the V refresh no matter what I say in the
>conf file.
>
>I checked bugzilla looking for Intel 865 and found nothing of interest.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>  
>
Just to pass on testing with 1024x768 on my setup. I ended up with 72HZ 
for 1024x768 and 75HZ with 1280x1024. The only choices for me was 75HZ 
for both resolutions through gnome-display-properties. My monitor 
section has a very wide range for vertical. (excerpt below). Intel 865G 
card.

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Dell E770p"
    DisplaySize  300    230
    HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Videocard0"
    Driver      "i810"
    VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
    BoardName   "Intel 845"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" 
"640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" 
"640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


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