Re: Monitor not remembering settings
This was also one of my problems and i solved it (or i worked arround it) I run Windows and XWindow in different resolutions. My monitor can 'remember' 14 different settings at the same time. Hmm... I'm already running Windows and X under different resolutions. Windows is run under 1024x768 and X under 1280x1024. I'd appreciate any more suggestions. If I reboot from Linux to Linux, the monitor's geometry settings will stick just fine, but if I boot to Windows and back to Linux, the geometry settings are reset. -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBee ...is here to save the Web! http://www.gigabee.com
Re: Monitor not remembering settings
I have Debian unstable set up with KDM and KDE2 to dual-boot with a WindowsMe system. My problem is that each time I boot to Debian, I have to readjust my monitor's settings because the screen is all bent out of shape. Any idea why it keeps resetting? It never does that when I go back to Windows. Windows always sticks to the proper settings. Windows could be resetting your monitor. (I've noticed that re-installing Windows 98 makes my monitor forget all my Linux video mode settings. As usual, Microsoft tries to take over everything.) Is there a way to stop this from happening? Maybe by adding something in Linux to make it remember the settings after a Windows reset? -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBee ...is here to save the Web! http://www.gigabee.com
Re: Monitor not remembering settings
Bart, This was also one of my problems and i solved it (or i worked arround it) I run Windows and XWindow in different resolutions. My monitor can 'remember' 14 different settings at the same time. May-B this works for you 2. If all fails, remove Windows ;P Yours, Nico de Haer - Original Message - From: Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:54 PM Subject: Re: Monitor not remembering settings I have Debian unstable set up with KDM and KDE2 to dual-boot with a WindowsMe system. My problem is that each time I boot to Debian, I have to readjust my monitor's settings because the screen is all bent out of shape. Any idea why it keeps resetting? It never does that when I go back to Windows. Windows always sticks to the proper settings. Windows could be resetting your monitor. (I've noticed that re-installing Windows 98 makes my monitor forget all my Linux video mode settings. As usual, Microsoft tries to take over everything.) Is there a way to stop this from happening? Maybe by adding something in Linux to make it remember the settings after a Windows reset? -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBee ...is here to save the Web! http://www.gigabee.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Monitor not remembering settings
From: Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... I have Debian unstable set up with KDM and KDE2 to dual-boot with a WindowsMe system. My problem is that each time I boot to Debian, I have to readjust my monitor's settings because the screen is all bent out of shape. Any idea why it keeps resetting? It never does that when I go back to Windows. Windows always sticks to the proper settings. Windows could be resetting your monitor. (I've noticed that re-installing Windows 98 makes my monitor forget all my Linux video mode settings. As usual, Microsoft tries to take over everything.) Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hmm. A little worrisome: http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi )
Re: Monitor not remembering settings
You should be able to run xvidtune in order to get the right modeline. Set your screen as you like then click on show. This will kick out a modeline. Find the modline in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, in the appropriate section, that starts with the same desktop size as xvidtune reports. For example something along the lines of 1024x768. Comment that line out and paste the new modeline xvidtune created into the file. Save the file and restart X. Well it's remembering the resolution setting. The problem is that it's not remembering the geometry settings like the pincusion, trapezoid, etc. so the screen is all bent out of shape (in the proper resolution). - Bart
Monitor not remembering settings
Hi, I have Debian unstable set up with KDM and KDE2 to dual-boot with a WindowsMe system. My problem is that each time I boot to Debian, I have to readjust my monitor's settings because the screen is all bent out of shape. Any idea why it keeps resetting? It never does that when I go back to Windows. Windows always sticks to the proper settings. I have a Proview PS-910 monitor. I'd appreciate some help with this. - Bart
Re: Monitor not remembering settings
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:38:38AM -0500, Bart Szyszka decreed: I have Debian unstable set up with KDM and KDE2 to dual-boot with a WindowsMe system. My problem is that each time I boot to Debian, I have to readjust my monitor's settings because the screen is all bent out of shape. Any idea why it keeps resetting? It never does that when I go back to Windows. Windows always sticks to the proper settings. I have a Proview PS-910 monitor. I'd appreciate some help with this. - Bart I had the same problem with my Iiyama monitor. I never understood the issue. Somehow X must have introduced subtle frequency variations that appeared as different settings to the monitor. I think it somehow occurs when you're on a setting that's borderline acceptable to the monitor. I had to make extreme adjustments to my unstable setting to make the display ok. I was able to fix it by finding a list of generic VESA modelines that tend to work well on all/most monitors. I can provide more details when I'm at my home Linux machine. For starters here's a list I stole from a email provided by Google search on vesa modelines. As the email's author said, USE THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK. HTH, Steve Cooper Modeline 1600x1200 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync #1600x1200 @85 Hz VESA Modeline 1600x1200 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync #1280x1024 @75 Hz VESA Modeline 1280x1024 135 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +HSync +VSync #1280x1024 @85 Hz VESA Modeline 1280x1024 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync #1152x864 @75 Hz VESA Modeline 1152x864 108 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +HSync +VSync #1152x864 @85 Hz VESA Modeline 1152x864 121.5 1152 1216 1344 1568 864 865 868 911 +HSync +VSync #1024x768 @75 Hz VESA Modeline 1024x768 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +HSync +VSync #1024x768 @85 Hz VESA Modeline 1024x768 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +HSync +VSync #800x600 @75 Hz VESA Modeline 800x600 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +HSync +VSync #800x600 @85 Hz VESA Modeline 800x600 56.25 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +HSync +VSync #640x480 @75 Hz VESA Modeline 640x480 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -HSync -VSync #640x480 @85 Hz VESA Modeline 640x480 36 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -HSync -VSync
Re: Monitor not remembering settings
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:38:38AM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote: Hi, I have Debian unstable set up with KDM and KDE2 to dual-boot with a WindowsMe system. My problem is that each time I boot to Debian, I have to readjust my monitor's settings because the screen is all bent out of shape. Any idea why it keeps resetting? It never does that when I go back to Windows. Windows always sticks to the proper settings. I have a Proview PS-910 monitor. I'd appreciate some help with this. You should be able to run xvidtune in order to get the right modeline. Set your screen as you like then click on show. This will kick out a modeline. Find the modline in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, in the appropriate section, that starts with the same desktop size as xvidtune reports. For example something along the lines of 1024x768. Comment that line out and paste the new modeline xvidtune created into the file. Save the file and restart X. hth, kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of The Panther - R. M. Rilke
