As if I hadn't already had enough of these...

[macdude425]

I want my monitor to run at 1024x768 so I omitted all the values higher than that. No luck. I still can't figure out why it's just magically pulling 1600x1200 out of thin air.

 

[The General]

that is extremely strange. usually it goes lower by default and never goes higher than whats in xorg.conf

 

[Sevoma]

The vertical and horizontal refresh effect refresh rate so they are likely incorrect. Google for the right ones.

 

[macdude425]

At first, I didn't Google for them. I booted into Mac OS X and copied the refresh rate out of the System Preferences into xorg.conf. Didn't work. So I found the manual online and tried those rates. Still not.

Anything else I should try?

EDIT: I could only find vert refresh rates, so I never changed the Horiz rates. Maybe that's the problem...

 

[The General]

i use 30-55 horizontal and 60 - 120 vertical

 

[Sevoma]

I just noticed "AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0"


dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Use different display driver such as vesa. Play with different display related functions such as framebuffer.

Edit: Also do a dist-upgrade so you can have latest x11 stuff.

 

[macdude425]

:bump:
I've been kind of busy and only recently found time to fully tackle this problem.

Sevoma: the error you referred to no longer occurs, thankfully, yet I did a dist-upgrade anyways.

I tried to find the refresh rates for this monitor (Apple Studio Display, 17" CRT, clear) but couldn't find a manual. Mac OS 9 and X both use a refresh rate of 99 hertz on my monitor, so I tried that. No luck.

I found a manual for a similar model, which used 60-85 vert. Still nothing.

I have a feeling it's a horiz problem, but I don't know...

 

[jakec]

Hey Macdude,

Hows My main mod doin? found the Horizontal Scan rate and Vertical Refresh Rate in the Online copy of your Monitor manual

Horizontal Scan Rate: 30-85 Kilohertz
Vertical Refresh Rate: 48–160 hertz

or you could try this Configuration

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Apple Studio Display"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
Modeline "1280x800@60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
EndSection

OR

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "APPLE STUDIO CRT 17inch"
HorizSync 30-85
VertRefresh 48-160
# Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Hope this Helps,

Jake


Source(es):http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:...play,+17"+CRT,+clear&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=1

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-77200.html

http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2001/10/msg00586.html

 

[popey]

You could try commenting out the horiz and vert sync rate lines, as of xorg 6.9 most modern hardware is auto detected. I've come across several cases where the correct rates have caused problems because the auto detected rates are very slightly different.

 

[macdude425]

THANK YOU JAKE!!!

The second one you posted works. It's at 1280x800 right now, and I couldn't be happier.

But now, I have another problem (it's like they never end) - my keypad doesn't work in X. It recognizes it as another mouse, which I can't figure out, since xorg.conf sets it up as a standard keyboard.

Any thing I should check to see if that's what's causing it?