[mythtv-users] Ahh - Evil xorg and modelines

[Damian Surr]

Bob Diss wrote:
>> Steve Smith wrote:
>>> Damian,
>>>
>>>
>>> I did a bit of reading. Maybe if you were to go
> right back to basics 
> and 
>>> see what the NVIDIA can do on its own:
>>> 1) Get rid of the modelines.
>>> 2) Try specifying the resolution as "1024x768_60"
> in the "Modes" 
> line. 
>>> The EDID suggests the monitor will support this.
>>> 3) Don't put any of those "NoEDID" options etc in
> there, let's just 
> see 
>>> if the NVIDIA can sort it out itself!
>>> 4) Don't specify the horizontal and vertical
> frequency limits either 
>>> just see what the EDID gives us...
>>>
>>> Do the startx --logverbose 5 thing and see what
> happens....
>> Right Steve, I did that.
>>
>> Here's my xorg lines:
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>     Identifier     "BenQ W100"
>> 	Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes"
>> 	Option "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"
>> 	Option "DDC" "False"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>     Identifier     "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce
> FX 5200]"
>>     Driver         "nvidia"
>>         Option      "NoDDC"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>     Identifier     "Default Screen"
>>     Device         "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce
> FX 5200]"
>>     Monitor        "BenQ W100"
>>     DefaultDepth	24
>> 	Subsection "Display"
>>         	Depth       24
>> 		Modes       "1024x768_70"
>> 	EndSubsection
>> EndSection
> 
> Damian,
> 
> Perhaps it's just a typo, but it looks like Steve's
> suggestion was to try "1024x768_60", and your sample
> here has "1024x768_70".
> 
> HTH

Hi Bob,

You're right. I tried 70 rather than 60. I'll try that again, but 70 
should work too. Under 1024x768, the manual lists these supported 
frequencys .. 60 70 75 85

Damian