Video screwed up

[z3r0n3]

Ok, i'm using slacware 9.1 and i've decided to get my video working once and for all. I installed the NVIDIA drivers (i've got a GeForce3 Ti500) but all that seems to do is add the nvidia splash screen. i can't change my resolution any higher. so i went into KDE and tried to configure my stuff there, and it worked for my card, but not my monitor. It doesn't know what a ViewSonic A75f is, so I just left the default monitor settings, or maybe it changed it, i don't know because i went thru the settings thing about 3-4 times. It kept asking me for my H-Sync and V-Sync, but even my manual doesn't tell me them. so i just made them 60, which is the refresh rate that my monitor supports on all resolutions and color modes. I restart, and my monitor says out of range. anyone know where the configuration file for this is, and what the defaults are? and also how to find out the stats for my A75f?

Thanks in advance!

[markwolfe Veteran]

Did you use google at all on your monitor? :whistle:

First hit: VeiwSonic's Webpage

f h: 30~70kHz; f v: 50~160Hz

Then, if you could post your /etc/XF86Config file, we can look and see what it is saying it allows.

But definately put in those numbers! You are very likely allowing your PC to try a refresh rate that your monitor cannot do.

[z3r0n3]

yeah, i noticed :p

i've reset it kinda, i'm in X now, so it's back to normal kinda.

here's the part of my XF86Config file that matters:

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    HorizSync   30-82

#    HorizSync	30-64         # multisync
#    HorizSync	31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync	15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    VertRefresh 50-90

vendorname "ViewSonic"
modelname "A75f"
ModeLine "1280x1024/76Hz" 135 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064 
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "nv"
    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
vendorname "NVidia"
boardname "GeForce3 (rev 3)"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

#   DefaultDepth 8
#   DefaultDepth 16
   DefaultDepth 24
#   DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution.  If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes "1280x1024/60Hz" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
  Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes "1280x1024/60Hz" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
  Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes "1280x1024/60Hz" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
  Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes "1280x1024/60Hz" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
  Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection

EndSection

i edited it to say 60Hz at the end. also, when i go to change screen resolutions, it doesn't show the "1280x1042" option that i have added myself in the past, and now KDE added it as well. Instead, it adds 832x624, which isn't even in the config file(and is a very odd resolution) Any ideas?

[z3r0n3]

nevermind, got it working thru KDE's config thing.