SOLVED: F9 Problem setting resolution and video lockups
Joe Klemmer
klemmerj at webtrek.com
Wed Jul 16 14:06:12 UTC 2008
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, g wrote:
>> I finally got this working. I had to go and find the exact specs
>> for
>
> great. give yourself a 'pat on back' and a 'that a boy'. you deserve it.
Thanks. It reminded me of the days back when you had to manually
setup X. It was a pain-in-the-@$$ back then, too.
> how far off where settings or did you notice?
The problem was that the X defaults for H and V ranges weren't
close to what the monitor specs were. Same with the mode lines. Manually
plugging them in got it working.
> if it were a perfect world there would be just 2 operating systems,
> linux and unix, then oems would be more willing to release their specs.
I always did have a fondness for MVS, though. ;-)
>> I also needed to add the actual modes in the screen section.
>
> you really only need what you are going to use, unless you are going to
> do a lot of screen magnifying.
I stuck in 1280x1024 and 1024x768 manually and, when s-c-display
ran, it filled in all the rest.
> you might want to send a bug correction on for monitor. who knows, some
> one else might buy one and try to use it in f9. ;o)
I've had this one for around 9 or so years (and it was new when I
got it). If I can devine where to put the info into bugzilla I'll do so.
Just for google I'll put the info here as well.
Vendor: Daewoo
Model: DWE-707B
Resolution: 1280x1024, VideoMode1,
H-V SyncFrequency: 30.0-69.0,50.0-120.0,
H-V SyncPolarity: +,-
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