Guy Parry wrote:
> I'm still having no luck starting X at present. Typing "Xorg
> -config xorg.conf.new" still gets me an on-screen warning from my CMV
> 1515 monitor as follows:
>
> Out of range
>
> H: +63.9 kHz
> V: +60.0 Hz
>
> Range
>
> H: 28 - 65kHz
> V: 56 - 78 Hz

That's an interesting error message. The values are within the
acceptable range, but it says out of range! Maybe it really was out of
range, so the monitor switches to a usable value to display its
on-screen message?

If you have a video card with two outputs, try the other one. (That
happened to me...)

You could also try a fixed resolution setting in xorg.conf. This is
taken from the Handbook section on X configuration:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Guy Parry wrote:

> I'm still having no luck starting X at present. Typing "Xorg
> -config xorg.conf.new" still gets me an on-screen warning from my CMV
> 1515 monitor as follows:
>
> Out of range
>
> H: +63.9 kHz
> V: +60.0 Hz
>
> Range
>
> H: 28 - 65kHz
> V: 56 - 78 Hz
>
> even after trying new values in xorg.conf.new as suggested in
> reply to my first post:
>
>
>>Sure, in Section "Monitor". Just enter the values the monitor provides:
>
> >HorizSync 28.0 - 65.0
> >VertRefresh 56.0 - 78.0
>
>>For VertRefresh, you might only want to enter a single value for what
>>the monitor likes best, like
>
> >VertRefresh 75.0 - 75.0
>
>>to force X to pick 75 Hz. Actually, if both of the other things you've
>>tried set it to 60 Hz, you might want that.
>
>
> Guessing the H-synch is the issue???

Have you tried simply commenting out the above lines? Often, the server can
automatically determine the monitor's specs at startup.

--
Conrad J. Sabatier
"In Unix veritas"

Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> Guy Parry wrote:
>
>> I'm still having no luck starting X at present. Typing "Xorg
>> -config xorg.conf.new" still gets me an on-screen warning from my CMV
>> 1515 monitor as follows:
>>
>> Out of range
>>
>> H: +63.9 kHz
>> V: +60.0 Hz
>>
>> Range
>>
>> H: 28 - 65kHz
>> V: 56 - 78 Hz
>>
>> even after trying new values in xorg.conf.new as suggested in
>> reply to my first post:
>>
>>
>>> Sure, in Section "Monitor". Just enter the values the monitor provides:
>> >HorizSync 28.0 - 65.0
>> >VertRefresh 56.0 - 78.0
>>
>>> For VertRefresh, you might only want to enter a single value for what
>>> the monitor likes best, like
>> >VertRefresh 75.0 - 75.0
>>
>>> to force X to pick 75 Hz. Actually, if both of the other things you've
>>> tried set it to 60 Hz, you might want that.
>>
>> Guessing the H-synch is the issue???
>
> Have you tried simply commenting out the above lines? Often, the server can
> automatically determine the monitor's specs at startup.
>
Starting X without a config in /etc... or ~/ will usually result in X
appearing in the highest resolution it can - OK if your monitor supports it!
Try: copy xorg.conf.new to putting xorg.conf in /etc/X11 folder and
specify something like 60Hz and 1024x768 to get it going.

Most monitors including older ones support 60Hz.
70-85HZ refresh could be a problem on some older models...

(I normally use FreeBSD6 but playing penguin tonight.)

Bill
AMD-64 Mepis Linux

Yes, that did the trick. I inserted 'DefaultDepth 24' underneath
the 'Monitor' line and changed what was originally 'Depth 1' to
'Depth 24', and presto
Thanx!


>You could also try a fixed resolution setting in xorg.conf. This is
>taken from the Handbook section on X configuration:
>
>Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
>>> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
>>> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768"
> EndSubSection
>EndSection