On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 20:32 -0400, xtra209 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed from the Hardy Heron live emc disk. Have I mentioned I'm a
> problem magnet? I had two important issues.
>
> The first issue was that when loading any axis gui I ended up with a
> hashed up screen which seemed to be the parts of the backplot screen
> spreading over the bottom two thirds of the screen. Even outside the emc
> window. This didn't happen when using the tkemc, mini or xemc gui. I
> found this to be strange but there is more to this! I figured what the
> heck... lets see how it runs motors. So I took the cpu to one of my
> machines and hooked it up. I used a different monitor but the same mouse
> and keyboard. Axis works and displays normally with the other monitor.
> Makes me scratch my head.
I am going to guess that since just a monitor change cleared up the
screen problem that the first monitor was having a hard time syncing to
the signals it was getting. If you have:
...
Section "Monitor"
...
Option "dpms"
...
in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, the new monitor will tell X11 what
resolutions it likes. The first monitor should do the same thing but it
it doesn't always work well. You might try changing the screen
resolution or the frequency settings on the first monitor to see if that
helps. I put a fair amount of effort to get the accurate specifications
for the monitor I have connected and use them in my xorg.conf file.
> The other issue is with stepconfig wizard. Everything is normal and I
... snip
> modified the stepper inch configuration to get what I needed.
>
> These were not issues with ubuntu 6.06lts and emc2_2.2.5 on the same
> computer with the original monitor.
>
> That's my report...
>
> Clint
The xorg.conf files may be different between Ubuntu versions.
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