[PLUG] New monitor
Jim Webb
jimwebb at charter.net
Fri Jan 24 03:58:02 UTC 2003
> In your XF86Config file[1], the only changes you'll need to make are
> to the 'HorizSync' and 'VertRefresh' settings. You ought to be able to
> get those range settings right out of the manual or, lacking that,
> from the manufacturer's web site.
I'm running RH 8 and migrating from a Viewsonic 15" monitor to a Dell P990 19"
monitor. I see in the manual that they list under specifications a heading
called deflection frequency of Horizontal of 3 - 96 kHz and a vertical
of 48 - 120 Hz. In another section they list several different values
for horizontal and vertical e.g. 1280 x 1024 the horizontal range from
64 - 91 kHz and the vertical range from 60 - 85 Hz.
TIA,
Jim
> Less needful, but perhaps more pleasing, are changes to the resolution
> setting. My hunch is that you'll be moving from either 800x600 or
> 1024x768 on the 15" monitor to 1280x1024 on the 19". The directive
> you'll want to edit is 'Modes,' which is nested in a Screen section,
> e.g.,
>
> Section "Screen"
> # stuff
> Subsection "Display"
> # stuff
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> Make your preferred resolution the first Modes setting. That should do
> it.
>
> --Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>
>
> [1] Try 'locate XF86Config' to find its location on your system. On
> Red Hat boxes, it's in the /etc/X11 directory.
>
> Oh, and the actual name of your XF86Config file might be
> XF86Config-4. If you tell us what distro (name, version) you're
> using, someone is bound to know exactly which file you'll need to
> edit.
>
>
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