Re: [newbie] Changing monitor
On Friday 26 September 2003 10:48 am, Anguo wrote: Hello, I currently use an old 14' CRT monitor and I'd like to change to a new 15' or 17' LCD monitor. I can find information on configuration, but what do I do when I want to switch from one monitor to the other? Do I turn off the computer, make the switch and Mandrake will notice the new monitor at boot and configure it (the checking for new hardware is on at boot). Or should I boot in console mode, without X and configure the new monitor from the console. Can you provide some pointers to the general procedure to follow is such a situation. Thanks, Anguo I, and it is me, would log in console and run XFdrake, pick up monitor from menu and proper resolution. Remember that most LCD run in native resolution of 1200X1024 Or if I know parameters of monitor you can edit XF86free-4 file located in /etc/X11/ folder. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing monitor
On Saturday 02 Aug 2003 2:21 am, crak600 wrote: On Friday 01 August 2003 04:19 am, Paul wrote: If you've got a display you can use harddrake. glad this was brought up. i've got some questions. what if you don't have a display? situationwas having a power supply problem with my PC. i moved the PC from under the desk to my kitchen table, easier to work there. instead of lugging my 19 moniter to it, i grabbed my spare 14 moniter and plugged that in. everything went fine, until i got to where i had to log in to mdk, then i got a blue box on my moniter screen that said OUT OF SCAN RANGE. i hit ALT CTRL Backspace a few times, then got to a command line, from there i logged in as a user and just typed in halt to shut down the system. by then i was done my power supply testing, so i was able to put the comp back together and go back to my 19 moniter. but the problem (what i suspect it was) is that i have the moniter resolution set a LOT higher than my 14 montier can handle, so when i was trying to use it for a test moniter, it couldn't handle the 1200x1600 resolution. so in a case like this, what choices do i have to get my 14 moniter to work if i'm unable to knock down the resolution in the control center before swapping moniters? my 14 moniter was origonally used when i installed mdk 9.1, and then i upgraded to the 19 i have now. i'm still using the same video card as well. Thanks! Mike Most of the time you can use Ctrl-Alt-KeypadMinus and Ctrl-Alt-KeypadPlus to change resolution on the fly. Try it now, it's fun and it wont screw the system up. If one of them works you can use that to run XFDrake, or edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and remove the offending resolutions, or just move them elsewhere in the list. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing monitor
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 10:42, fifner the dragon wrote: Hi, my acer monitor broke down and I replaced it with a viewsonic one. The change was not automaticly detected and mandrake 9.1 still thinks there is an acer. Can I have linux autodetect the monitor just like it does when I do a fresh install. Or can I manually set what monitor is used? Thanks in advance, Fifner If you've got a display you can use harddrake. Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing monitor
- Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 01 Aug 2003 11:19:18 +0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] changing monitor On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 10:42, fifner the dragon wrote: Hi, my acer monitor broke down and I replaced it with a viewsonic one. The change was not automaticly detected and mandrake 9.1 still thinks there is an acer. Can I have linux autodetect the monitor just like it does when I do a fresh install. Or can I manually set what monitor is used? Thanks in advance, Fifner If you've got a display you can use harddrake. Paul M When I click to start harddrake it asks me for root passsword, then it starts logdrake. That can't be right, can it? Thanks, Fifner -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing monitor
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 16:16, fifner the dragon wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 01 Aug 2003 11:19:18 +0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] changing monitor On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 10:42, fifner the dragon wrote: Hi, my acer monitor broke down and I replaced it with a viewsonic one. The change was not automaticly detected and mandrake 9.1 still thinks there is an acer. Can I have linux autodetect the monitor just like it does when I do a fresh install. Or can I manually set what monitor is used? Thanks in advance, Fifner If you've got a display you can use harddrake. Paul M When I click to start harddrake it asks me for root passsword, then it starts logdrake. That can't be right, can it? Thanks, Fifner Apologies, if you go to Mandrake Control centre select harware, then go to 'configure your monitor' Paul M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] changing monitor
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 17:42, fifner the dragon wrote: Hi, my acer monitor broke down and I replaced it with a viewsonic one. The change was not automaticly detected and mandrake 9.1 still thinks there is an acer. Can I have linux autodetect the monitor just like it does when I do a fresh install. Or can I manually set what monitor is used? Thanks in advance, Fifner From a console login, run XFdrake -- Sat Aug 2 10:20:00 EST 2003 10:20:00 up 1 day, 17:22, 1 user, load average: 1.28, 1.13, 0.99 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage is to a cockatoo. -- George Bernard Shaw Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
I have an ATI 8mb video charger and a Compaq presario 1525 monitor from one of my older systems (1997 is the age of the monitor). I tried the XConfigure and I couldn't find it. So do I go into any console and type in the code? Because I did that and it didn't work. Anyway I'll keep looking thanks. Chris On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Larry Coolidge wrote: XConfigurator may very well work for you. If, like I do, you have a video card or monitor that isn't supported with the current version of XFree86, then it is a bit more involved. I use xf86config which allows you to manually input your vertical and horizontal sync ranges. It is done in console, so you are not using the X envirnoment. It might be best to tell us what monitor you are using and what video card for more specifics. From: Christian Charles Opp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Changing monitor settings Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:50:39 -0600 (CST) When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
Just type XConfigurator in a terminal window. It will take you through the steps. If your card is on the compat list, it should already be there. At 10:50 AM 11/10/1999 -0600, you wrote: When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris I believe 'XF86Setup' is the easiest. If you type that in while runnin X (eg, Konsole), it'll ask you if all you want to do is make some changes. -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
XConfigurator may very well work for you. If, like I do, you have a video card or monitor that isn't supported with the current version of XFree86, then it is a bit more involved. I use xf86config which allows you to manually input your vertical and horizontal sync ranges. It is done in console, so you are not using the X envirnoment. It might be best to tell us what monitor you are using and what video card for more specifics. From: Christian Charles Opp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Changing monitor settings Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:50:39 -0600 (CST) When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Changing monitor settings
IN mandrake/redhat as follows: login: users name passwrd: xxx #su #pswd: enter root password #enter setup # enter xconfig follow the auto prompts and you should be fine until it asks you to accept the setting, say no or manual or whatever and use the tab key to set the default bpps you want...follow the menu and your laughing.. Ill be up for a while if you get stuck ch Larry Coolidge wrote: XConfigurator may very well work for you. If, like I do, you have a video card or monitor that isn't supported with the current version of XFree86, then it is a bit more involved. I use xf86config which allows you to manually input your vertical and horizontal sync ranges. It is done in console, so you are not using the X envirnoment. It might be best to tell us what monitor you are using and what video card for more specifics. From: Christian Charles Opp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Changing monitor settings Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:50:39 -0600 (CST) When I installed linux-mandrake 6.1 it asked me what the settings were for the monitor. At the time I didn't know. However, now I do know and would like to change it. How do I do this? Do I go into XConfigurator and if so how do I do it? Second, do I install my video card driver? I am very new to the whole Linux thing. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks, Chris __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
