Problem with Samsung SyncMaster215tw

[Jim Patterson]

gary wrote:

>On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 03:40 -0600, Jim Patterson wrote:
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>>I have been trying to get the screen to X window to fit with my screen, 
>>but have not had any luck when using Fedora 6.  I works fine with RHEL 4 
>>but after installation of F6 I haven't been able to get the screen to 
>>match up.  I have played around some with the H-sync and V-sync but have 
>>not been able to find one where I can see the tray at the bottom.  This 
>>is a 1680x1050 resolution screen, but the best I can get is 1440x900 
>>which still has the problem with the vertical being too large.
>>
>>I also have been having trouble with the mouse disappearing when I try 
>>different resolutions.
>>
>>
>>My xorg.conf file
>>-------------------------------
>># Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>>
>>Section "ServerLayout"
>>        Identifier     "single head configuration"
>>        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>>        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>>        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>>        Driver      "kbd"
>>        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>>        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>>        Driver      "mouse"
>>        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>>        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>>        Option      "XaxisMapping" "4 5"
>>        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "Monitor"
>>
>>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>>        ModelName    "SyncMaster 215TW"
>>        DisplaySize  450        280
>> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>>        HorizSync    30.0 - 80.0
>>        VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
>>        Option      "dpms"
>>EndSection
>>Section "Device"
>>        Identifier  "Videocard0"
>>        Driver      "nv"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "Screen"
>>        Identifier "Screen0"
>>        Device     "Videocard0"
>>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>        DefaultDepth     24
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     24
>>                Modes    "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"  *********** 
>>"640x480"
>>        EndSubSection
>>EndSection
>>
>>
>>
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>     Try adding -  "1680x1050" - to Modes   -----gary
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I've tried that and it doesn't help.  I've also noticed that whenever I 
logout and then log back in I lose my mouse.  I mean it is still there, 
I can mouse over stuff and see a response, but I can't see the pointer.