F10 flat out rocks...

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Antonio Olivares
<olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > EDID is the information the monitor sends to the
>> computer
>> > that contains valid
>> > resolutions, modelines, frequencies etc... that the
>> monitor
>> > supports. I have
>> > no idea why would the machine freeze if given wrong
>> (or
>> > null) EDID info from
>> > the monitor. But nevertheless, why don't you try
>> > substituting the monitor
>> > with another one (if you happen to have a spare one
>> > around)?
>> >
>> > HTH, :-)
>> > Marko
>>
>> I have trid it on two monitors, one Dell 1028L, which
>> supports up to 1280x1024 and this ViewSonic G75 f, which can
>> go as high as 1600x1200 :),
>>
>> I had to include an xorg.conf file here, because the best I
>> could get without one was 640x480 and still computer would
>> freeze with that resolution :(
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>
> I have used Xorg -configure and placed the HorizSync and VertRefresh Values for both monitors:
>
> http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_mon_del1028l.html
>
> http://www.baber.com/monitors/viewsonic_g75f.htm
>
> The most that the Machine has lasted without freezing or shutting it down on my own running Fedora 10 was 1 day.  It so far has run 3:58 with X running and playing some music and some DVD's.  I am trying to record the session as the computer starts in level 3.  when a freeze occurs I should capture some important information and get back.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Antonio


Not to be brash, but it's about time to fork this thread off into a
new one. We have gone way off topic for the original thread subject.



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