Video settings

[Billie Walsh]

Frederic Schaer wrote:
> MMMhhh.... ok, looks like first mode is 1280x1024... if you don't see
> any (EE) or (WW) then no problem (?) :'(
>
> I read on xorg wiki (http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes) you can add a
> "VertRefresh" parameter to the monitor section (as well as an HorizSync
> one, but you don't want to specify it, do you ?) : adding this one may
> allow you to access higher (or lower) refresh rates - I remember seeing
> an old monitor flicker not because refresh rate was too low, but because
> it was too high...
>   

 From the rate of flicker I'm pretty sure the vertical refresh rate is 
about 60 hz. If I could figure out how/where I would just plug in the 
correct figure. O read that bit in x.org but still don't have a clue.

> Regards
>
> P.S : I don't know what you acutally know about commandline, but be
> prepared to go to a virtual console (CTRL+ALT+F1 for instance), and to
> edit text... in text mode (using vi/vim/ged or something like that) : if
> you haven't done so already, please take time to read and practice vi
> for instance, otherwise you could be stuck with command line without any
> way to revert your changes...
>   

The file can be edited in Kate as root much easier than Vi.

> Billie Walsh a écrit :
>   
>> On 04/27/2008 Frederic Schaer wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  Another very interesting file to look at is
>>>  /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>>>
>>>  I have an nvidia card here, that's unable to correctly display on the
>>>  VGA display without me telling Xorg that is had to use CRT-1 output :
>>>  I
>>>  found out thanks to that file what was the problem...
>>>
>>>  Please look for errors and warnings in that logfile...
>>>  Regards
>>>     
>>>       
>> The below seems to be repeated many times in the log file. The only 
>> warnings I saw were about only supporting "seperate sync".
>>
>> (II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVOI2C_E" removed.
>> (II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVOI2C_E" initialized.
>> (II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVOI2C_E" removed.
>> (II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVODDC_D" removed.
>> (II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
>> (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "PTS", prod id 1902
>> (II) intel(0): DDCModeFromDetailedTiming: 1024x768 Warning: We only 
>> handle seperate sync.
>> (II) intel(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
>> (II) intel(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
>> (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  
>> 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 
>> 769 772 800 -hsync -vsync (60.0 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 
>> 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 
>> 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 
>> 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 
>> 491 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 
>> 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 
>> 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 
>> 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  
>> 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.80  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 
>> 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.1 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 
>> 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 
>> 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 
>> 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 
>> 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 
>> 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x59.9  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  
>> 1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync (63.7 kHz)
>> (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "PTS", prod id 1902
>> (II) intel(0): DDCModeFromDetailedTiming: 1024x768 Warning: We only 
>> handle seperate sync.
>> (II) intel(0): Output VGA connected
>> (II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1280x1024
>> (II) intel(0): detected 128 kB GTT.
>> (II) intel(0): detected 892 kB stolen memory.
>> (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
>> (==) intel(0): Will not try to enable page flipping
>> (==) intel(0): Triple buffering disabled
>> (==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
>> (**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (380, 300) mm
>> (**) intel(0): DPI set to (85, 108)
>> (II) Loading sub module "fb"
>> (II) LoadModule: "fb"
>> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
>> (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>>     compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
>>     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
>> (II) Loading sub module "exa"
>> (II) LoadModule: "exa"
>> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libexa.so
>> (II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>>     compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 2.2.0
>>     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
>>
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