Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness
Thanks Derek. I now have a couple choices. Michael On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 04:58, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 05 May 2004 16:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In > > Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which > > produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. > > However, when I switch to Mandrake the monitor is noticeably > > differentway too dark for viewing artwork. I can make adjustments > > to the monitor, but, then I need to also start over when I go back to > > Windows. In System>configuration I found a setting for gamma. But that > > won't solve the problem. Is there another way to establish a monitor > > default setting for brightness/contrast either in Mandrake or with some > > 3rd party application? > > > > Thanks, Michael > > Check out xgamma http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/xgamma.1.html > and the gamma statement in the XF86Config-4 file > http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/XF86Config.5.html > > derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 16:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: > Hi, > > I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In > Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which > produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. > However, when I switch to Mandrake the monitor is noticeably > differentway too dark for viewing artwork. I can make adjustments > to the monitor, but, then I need to also start over when I go back to > Windows. In System>configuration I found a setting for gamma. But that > won't solve the problem. Is there another way to establish a monitor > default setting for brightness/contrast either in Mandrake or with some > 3rd party application? > > Thanks, Michael Check out xgamma http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/xgamma.1.html and the gamma statement in the XF86Config-4 file http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/XF86Config.5.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness
Thanks for the link. Much appreciated. Michael On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 02:19, Josenildo Marques wrote: > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In > > Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which > > produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. > > However, when I switch to Mandrake the monitor is noticeably > > differentway too dark for viewing artwork. I can make adjustments > > to the monitor, but, then I need to also start over when I go back to > > Windows. In System>configuration I found a setting for gamma. But that > > won't solve the problem. Is there another way to establish a monitor > > default setting for brightness/contrast either in Mandrake or with some > > 3rd party application? > > > > Thanks, Michael > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/KGamma > > The Twiki is your friend !! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: > Hi, > > I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In > Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which > produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. > However, when I switch to Mandrake the monitor is noticeably > differentway too dark for viewing artwork. I can make adjustments > to the monitor, but, then I need to also start over when I go back to > Windows. In System>configuration I found a setting for gamma. But that > won't solve the problem. Is there another way to establish a monitor > default setting for brightness/contrast either in Mandrake or with some > 3rd party application? > > Thanks, Michael http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/KGamma The Twiki is your friend !! -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * "The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand." Lewis Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Monitor Resolution & Refresh Rates
Thanks John ! -Original Message- From: John A. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor Resolution & Refresh Rates you probably won't be able to fix the problem with Mandrake Move, if you're booting of the cd. You have to change the XF86config-4 file in the /etc/X11 directory. If you're running Mandrake move to just test hardware compatibility, you'll be able to fix this problem one Mandrake is fully installed. If X didn't start at all, that would be a bigger problem. -john smith Beavers, Randy W. wrote: >All, > >How do I tell the "Monitor" to change Screen >Resolution & Refresh Rates? It's stuck at 640x480. > >I'am looking at a big desktop through a little window. >That I push around with mouse. > >Running MandrakeMove on a Dell P4 MM doesn't have drivers >for the Intel 82865gG graghics card, but all the Intel drivers >doing the same thing. MM has the right monitor. > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:04:48 -0500 Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hehehe you know it really does not matter, it just never did this > before. I have been running 9.2 since it came out and always woke up > to Now that you mention it, 10.0 here used to come up with the Tux saver, but now just goes to black screen after a predetermined time. But at least now I can always tap the spacebar or move the mouse and get the screen back, while before, doing that was very difficult and I ended up blaming the monitor. Recently, however, I've seen the opposite effect -- the screen can be blanked and all of a sudden, without any external stimuli, the screen pops back on. > Dan Gordon -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:13:58 -0500 Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All of a sudden my monitor goes in to sleep or suspended mode, I have > turned this off in kde, gnome, xscreensaver, the bios, looked in mcc > and This started a few months ago with my 6 yr old Nokia 447W monitor. I could not keep it from happening, and came to the conclusion it was a hardware problem, especially since getting it to come back was extremely difficult. It would go off during the most inopportune times, like in the middle of typing an email :(. I ended up "solving" the problem by getting a used monitor (a 17" NEC) for $50 ;). > Dan Gordon -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 06:00, Dan Gordon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:45:37 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > > > Sorry - it's xlock and xscreensaver (/usr/bin/xlock and > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver) > > > > xscreensaver used to load when I first installed XFCE but I've taken > > it out of the xinitrc script as I have my druthers to turn the monitor > > off when necessary - and BTW, my monitor, after 30 minutes, turns > > itself off- a setting on the monitor itself. > > > > So I removed xlockmore (xlock) however the monitor still goes into > suspend. Maybe my monitor (4 years old now) was supposed to do this all > along, but never did till two weeks ago? Could it be my son finally > bounced some sense into it from all the jumping up and down he does on > the floor? Anyway I can live with suspend, it just never happened before > unless I turned it on in kde or xscreensaver. Will keep poking around > to see if i can find a reason. > > Regards, > Dan Gordon But have you checked the: KDE Control Centre => Power Control => Display Power Control ...to see if the power settings have been changed/modified? And such, if you change anything in here does it directly affect your issue or resolve the issue? stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Were it not for the presence of the unwashed and the half-educated, the formless, queer and incomplete, the unreasonable and absurd, the infinite shapes of the delightful human tadpole, the horizon would not wear so wide a grin. -- F.M. Colby, "Imaginary Obligations" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:45:37 +1100 Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > Sorry - it's xlock and xscreensaver (/usr/bin/xlock and > /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver) > > xscreensaver used to load when I first installed XFCE but I've taken > it out of the xinitrc script as I have my druthers to turn the monitor > off when necessary - and BTW, my monitor, after 30 minutes, turns > itself off- a setting on the monitor itself. > So I removed xlockmore (xlock) however the monitor still goes into suspend. Maybe my monitor (4 years old now) was supposed to do this all along, but never did till two weeks ago? Could it be my son finally bounced some sense into it from all the jumping up and down he does on the floor? Anyway I can live with suspend, it just never happened before unless I turned it on in kde or xscreensaver. Will keep poking around to see if i can find a reason. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Mar 26 13:53:32 EST 2004 13:53:32 up 19 min, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.06 Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. -- Mark Twain Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 09:25, John Richard Smith wrote: > I believe you are correct Stephen, > > If I type xscreensaver into a terminal I can see several places to set > up powersaving and other things. > > So, Xlock (which I had never ever heard of) merely sets passwords to unlock > screensaver, > and xscreensaver, which I had but a faint knowledge of, is another device for > setting up both screensaver and powerdown,I think, just like kde can do some of > this. Looks like Xscreensaver is running things .Xscreensaver looks to be part of > Xwindows setup.To be honest I didn't know Xwindows had it's own screen control > mechanism like xscreensaver. Thanks. > > John You can also set the display power management in KDE Control Centre; ya might want to double check things in there as well... stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra, which suddenly flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. -- Matt Groening, "Love is Hell" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 04:37, John Richard Smith wrote: MD9.1 doesn't seem to of heard of these, man Xlockmore No manual entry for Xlockmore Xlockmore --help bash: Xlockmore: command not found man Xscreensaver No manual entry for Xscreensaver Xscreensaver --help bash: Xscreensaver: command not found So ? How would I check for these running in the background ? Personally , I think the monitor itself does this unless a commanded to tell it not to. It's not so important to me since I like to have it. I have mine set for 60 min and that means when say downloading overnight the screen goes to absolute blank, fine. But I suppose some folk might think differently to me. I suppose if you are playing a film you don't want that happeneing then, but I don't get that so why should I worry ? On the other hand I suppose I ought to know what is actually happening. John Sorry - it's xlock and xscreensaver (/usr/bin/xlock and /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver) xscreensaver used to load when I first installed XFCE but I've taken it out of the xinitrc script as I have my druthers to turn the monitor off when necessary - and BTW, my monitor, after 30 minutes, turns itself off - a setting on the monitor itself. stephen kuhn - owner I believe you are correct Stephen, If I type xscreensaver into a terminal I can see several places to set up powersaving and other things. So, Xlock (which I had never ever heard of) merely sets passwords to unlock screensaver, and xscreensaver, which I had but a faint knowledge of, is another device for setting up both screensaver and powerdown,I think, just like kde can do some of this. Looks like Xscreensaver is running things .Xscreensaver looks to be part of Xwindows setup.To be honest I didn't know Xwindows had it's own screen control mechanism like xscreensaver. Thanks. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 21:32, John Richard Smith wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items will resolve the difficulty to your satisfaction. Nothing in Monitor's own selection programme options to set power/powersave on or off. John I'm wondering if Xlockmore or Xscreensaver is running in the background and shutting it down without you knowing it...just a thought. stephen kuhn - owner MD9.1 doesn't seem to of heard of these, man Xlockmore No manual entry for Xlockmore Xlockmore --help bash: Xlockmore: command not found man Xscreensaver No manual entry for Xscreensaver Xscreensaver --help bash: Xscreensaver: command not found So ? How would I check for these running in the background ? Personally , I think the monitor itself does this unless a commanded to tell it not to. It's not so important to me since I like to have it. I have mine set for 60 min and that means when say downloading overnight the screen goes to absolute blank, fine. But I suppose some folk might think differently to me. I suppose if you are playing a film you don't want that happeneing then, but I don't get that so why should I worry ? On the other hand I suppose I ought to know what is actually happening. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 21:32, John Richard Smith wrote: > Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > > >I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you > >might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of > >them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items > >will resolve the difficulty to your satisfaction. > > > > > > > > > Nothing in Monitor's own selection programme options to set > power/powersave on or off. > > John I'm wondering if Xlockmore or Xscreensaver is running in the background and shutting it down without you knowing it...just a thought. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- The day you let your cousin from the city fuel up your biggest tractor will be the day after the dealer put gasoline in the diesel tank. -- Shell's Law Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
Hoyt Bailey wrote: I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items will resolve the difficulty to your satisfaction. Nothing in Monitor's own selection programme options to set power/powersave on or off. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 07:04 am, Dan Gordon wrote: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 + > > John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor > > itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down > > if you can set it as such not all bioses can. > > I think windblows has some other piece of mechanism to work > > with both the bios and the monitor to make this co-operate. > > I cannot speak for M9.2 + M10 because I don't have them, > > but up to M9.1 there just does not seem any way of turning the > > sleep mode off. I just live with it, it doesn't affect the > > important apps like mplayer etc, and since I like a blank black > > screen when the computer is idle , to my mind that's OK. What did I > > do, I set screensaver at 20 mins, and somehow I set blank black > > monitor at 60 minutes ( although I like a blank black screen I > > don't want it flicking into it all the damn time, it irritates) but > > I cannot remember how I set the 60 minutes . Sorry > > my memory fails me. But you have to have a blank black > > screen after some time or other regardless. Cannot completely > > turn it off, and as I say I came to the conclusion the monitor > > itself is the thing that is doing it for you, not bios, I think > > the monitor listens out for "events" and awakes itself > > should the need arrise, and that maybe what happens if > > you are running programmes in the background and > > suddenly the users attention is called for so it wakes the > > monitor up by listening out for this. I guess there is > > a technical imput back and forth between the monitor > > and the bus and the internet if that is on as well, I don't > > really know that much about it all. However, does > > not being able to turn off monitor sleep mode , matter ? > > Hehehe you know it really does not matter, it just never did this > before. I have been running 9.2 since it came out and always woke up > to xscreensaver's pyro. since i reinstalled 9.2 last week was the > first time i ever saw this behaviour. Anyhow it really does not > matter i guess. Could this be "a ghost in the machine" ? naaa > > Regards, > Dan Gordon I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items will resolve the difficulty to your satisfaction. -- Regards; Hoyt Ignore the past and you will fail! Ignore the future and you have already failed! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
Dan Gordon wrote: I think I'm just going to not worry about this any longer. Regards, Dan Gordon Yes, either, -blank [0-60] or, -powerdown [0-60] not sure which, sets the powerdown(or powersave) to however many minutes) between 0 and 60 minutes. and that's it. If you want screen save go to kde and set that there. Anyhow that's how I understand it. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:23:30 -0500 Dan Gordon wrote: > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:44:28 + > John Richard Smith wrote: > > > The choices in setterm seem to be, > > > > [ -powersave [on | vsync | hsync | powerdown | off] ] > > which I took to mean, > > powersave on with Verticle and horizontal syncronisation and > > powerdown off.[ -powerdown [0-60] ] > > this sets the time in minutes to elapse before powerdown > > [ -blank [0-60] ] > > I'm not sure what this does. > > > > So from the above info it seems to me there is no powersave off > > option. It's there by virtue of being a component of the energy > > saving CRT monitor. So, while the parameters of the powersave and > > powerdown can be altered in so much as the timescale is within > > limits, there is, in my judgement, no option to switch powersave > > off. Correct me if I am wrong. > > > > Seems to be the case, and -blank 0 or -powerdown 0 had no effect > either. I'm beginning to think it a issue with xscreensaver. I can set > the time to blank to 0, power down to 0 and such from there then > deselect the power saving opton but it still seems to work. If i set > the time to the max amount i think it is 1440 or something then > deselect power saving it takes that long to blank and power down. I'm > going to install a newer version and see if that does anything. > Thats not right, 1440 is 24 hours, its not waiting that long. hummm. I think I'm just going to not worry about this any longer. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Mar 24 07:34:57 EST 2004 07:34:57 up 1 day, 19:50, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.11, 0.05 Worst Month of 1981 for Downhill Skiing: August. The lift lines are the shortest, though. -- Steve Rubenstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:44:28 + John Richard Smith wrote: > The choices in setterm seem to be, > > [ -powersave [on | vsync | hsync | powerdown | off] ] > which I took to mean, > powersave on with Verticle and horizontal syncronisation and powerdown > off.[ -powerdown [0-60] ] > this sets the time in minutes to elapse before powerdown > [ -blank [0-60] ] > I'm not sure what this does. > > So from the above info it seems to me there is no powersave off > option. It's there by virtue of being a component of the energy saving > CRT monitor. So, while the parameters of the powersave and powerdown > can be altered in so much as the timescale is within limits, there is > , in my judgement, no option to switch powersave off. Correct me if I > am wrong. > Seems to be the case, and -blank 0 or -powerdown 0 had no effect either. I'm beginning to think it a issue with xscreensaver. I can set the time to blank to 0, power down to 0 and such from there then deselect the power saving opton but it still seems to work. If i set the time to the max amount i think it is 1440 or something then deselect power saving it takes that long to blank and power down. I'm going to install a newer version and see if that does anything. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Mar 24 07:12:28 EST 2004 07:12:28 up 1 day, 19:28, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.02 Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of matrydom to the reformers of error. -- Thomas Jefferson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
Dan Gordon wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:51:48 -0500 Dan Gordon wrote: Maybe setterm -powersave off Thanks will let you know if this works setterm -powersave off gave me this "cannot (un)set powersave mode" so i tried setterm -blank 0 and setterm -powerdown 0 no errors so i will see what happens. Regards, Dan Gordon The choices in setterm seem to be, [ -powersave [on | vsync | hsync | powerdown | off] ] which I took to mean, powersave on with Verticle and horizontal syncronisation and powerdown off. [ -powerdown [0-60] ] this sets the time in minutes to elapse before powerdown [ -blank [0-60] ] I'm not sure what this does. So from the above info it seems to me there is no powersave off option. It's there by virtue of being a component of the energy saving CRT monitor. So, while the parameters of the powersave and powerdown can be altered in so much as the timescale is within limits, there is , in my judgement, no option to switch powersave off. Correct me if I am wrong. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:34:13 + John Richard Smith wrote: > Well maybe there is a way then. > > There is the setterm command, > > try looking at settern --help, or man setterm > and see if any of those work ? > Just a possibility > Maybe setterm -powersave off Thanks will let you know if this works Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Mar 23 09:49:28 EST 2004 09:49:28 up 22:05, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.05 You're all clear now, kid. Now blow this thing so we can all go home. -- Han Solo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
Dan Gordon wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down if you can set it as such not all bioses can. I think windblows has some other piece of mechanism to work with both the bios and the monitor to make this co-operate. I cannot speak for M9.2 + M10 because I don't have them, but up to M9.1 there just does not seem any way of turning the sleep mode off. I just live with it, it doesn't affect the important apps like mplayer etc, and since I like a blank black screen when the computer is idle , to my mind that's OK. What did I do, I set screensaver at 20 mins, and somehow I set blank black monitor at 60 minutes ( although I like a blank black screen I don't want it flicking into it all the damn time, it irritates) but I cannot remember how I set the 60 minutes . Sorry my memory fails me. But you have to have a blank black screen after some time or other regardless. Cannot completely turn it off, and as I say I came to the conclusion the monitor itself is the thing that is doing it for you, not bios, I think the monitor listens out for "events" and awakes itself should the need arrise, and that maybe what happens if you are running programmes in the background and suddenly the users attention is called for so it wakes the monitor up by listening out for this. I guess there is a technical imput back and forth between the monitor and the bus and the internet if that is on as well, I don't really know that much about it all. However, does not being able to turn off monitor sleep mode , matter ? Hehehe you know it really does not matter, it just never did this before. I have been running 9.2 since it came out and always woke up to xscreensaver's pyro. since i reinstalled 9.2 last week was the first time i ever saw this behaviour. Anyhow it really does not matter i guess. Could this be "a ghost in the machine" ? naaa Regards, Dan Gordon Well maybe there is a way then. There is the setterm command, try looking at settern --help, or man setterm and see if any of those work ? Just a possibility John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor > itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down > if you can set it as such not all bioses can. > I think windblows has some other piece of mechanism to work > with both the bios and the monitor to make this co-operate. > I cannot speak for M9.2 + M10 because I don't have them, > but up to M9.1 there just does not seem any way of turning the > sleep mode off. I just live with it, it doesn't affect the important > apps like mplayer etc, and since I like a blank black screen when > the computer is idle , to my mind that's OK. What did I do, > I set screensaver at 20 mins, and somehow I set blank black > monitor at 60 minutes ( although I like a blank black screen > I don't want it flicking into it all the damn time, it irritates) > but I cannot remember how I set the 60 minutes . Sorry > my memory fails me. But you have to have a blank black > screen after some time or other regardless. Cannot completely > turn it off, and as I say I came to the conclusion the monitor > itself is the thing that is doing it for you, not bios, I think > the monitor listens out for "events" and awakes itself > should the need arrise, and that maybe what happens if > you are running programmes in the background and > suddenly the users attention is called for so it wakes the > monitor up by listening out for this. I guess there is > a technical imput back and forth between the monitor > and the bus and the internet if that is on as well, I don't > really know that much about it all. However, does > not being able to turn off monitor sleep mode , matter ? > Hehehe you know it really does not matter, it just never did this before. I have been running 9.2 since it came out and always woke up to xscreensaver's pyro. since i reinstalled 9.2 last week was the first time i ever saw this behaviour. Anyhow it really does not matter i guess. Could this be "a ghost in the machine" ? naaa Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Mar 23 07:55:35 EST 2004 07:55:35 up 20:11, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.02 The course of true anything never does run smooth. -- Samuel Butler Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
Dan Gordon wrote: On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:30:29 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dan Gordon wrote: Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but is a longer time than 15 minutes, more like an hour but I'm not sure exactly. I have turned off power control in kde both as user and in root. Regards, Dan Gordon Is this a CRT with TCO the energy savng thing ? John Yes its a CRT with that energy saving stuff but I have turned it off in the BIOS and in kde, xscreensaver and wherever I could find an option to do so. Ive never had this happen before, Just reinstalled everything a week ago and it started to go into suspend after a period of time at least an hour. Its got me beat all to heck. Regards, Dan Gordon I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down if you can set it as such not all bioses can. I think windblows has some other piece of mechanism to work with both the bios and the monitor to make this co-operate. I cannot speak for M9.2 + M10 because I don't have them, but up to M9.1 there just does not seem any way of turning the sleep mode off. I just live with it, it doesn't affect the important apps like mplayer etc, and since I like a blank black screen when the computer is idle , to my mind that's OK. What did I do, I set screensaver at 20 mins, and somehow I set blank black monitor at 60 minutes ( although I like a blank black screen I don't want it flicking into it all the damn time, it irritates) but I cannot remember how I set the 60 minutes . Sorry my memory fails me. But you have to have a blank black screen after some time or other regardless. Cannot completely turn it off, and as I say I came to the conclusion the monitor itself is the thing that is doing it for you, not bios, I think the monitor listens out for "events" and awakes itself should the need arrise, and that maybe what happens if you are running programmes in the background and suddenly the users attention is called for so it wakes the monitor up by listening out for this. I guess there is a technical imput back and forth between the monitor and the bus and the internet if that is on as well, I don't really know that much about it all. However, does not being able to turn off monitor sleep mode , matter ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:30:29 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Gordon wrote: > > > > > > >Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but is a longer time than 15 > >minutes, more like an hour but I'm not sure exactly. I have turned > >off power control in kde both as user and in root. > > > >Regards, > >Dan Gordon > > > > > > > Is this a CRT with TCO the energy savng thing ? > John > Yes its a CRT with that energy saving stuff but I have turned it off in the BIOS and in kde, xscreensaver and wherever I could find an option to do so. Ive never had this happen before, Just reinstalled everything a week ago and it started to go into suspend after a period of time at least an hour. Its got me beat all to heck. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Mar 22 19:21:59 EST 2004 19:21:59 up 7:37, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.02 The closest library doesn't have the material you need. -- Hansen's Library Axiom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:16:34 +0700 Fajar Priyanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this happening in a fix interval, say when you leave your box > untouched for about 15 minutes, etc? Or randomly? > Have you checked in Configuration>KDE>Power Control? > - -- Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but is a longer time than 15 minutes, more like an hour but I'm not sure exactly. I have turned off power control in kde both as user and in root. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Mar 22 10:50:16 EST 2004 10:50:16 up 11:23, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.31, 0.33 The days are all empty and the nights are unreal. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 22 March 2004 08:38 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:53:46 +0700 > > Fajar Priyanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Uumm... how about in BIOS? > > - -- > > Have checked in BIOS, i should mention that this is 9.2. > For the life of me I can not find out where the monitor is being put on > standby. > > Regards, > Dan Gordon Is this happening in a fix interval, say when you leave your box untouched for about 15 minutes, etc? Or randomly? Have you checked in Configuration>KDE>Power Control? - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 22:15:27 up 1:52, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAXwNWkp5CsIXuxqURAmnsAKCn+4qSJN2+S6AD0fURPlhMjvL8nwCgucJJ bPisoHIYdwhjsitotXl7YYs= =UOvv -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:53:46 +0700 Fajar Priyanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uumm... how about in BIOS? > - -- Have checked in BIOS, i should mention that this is 9.2. For the life of me I can not find out where the monitor is being put on standby. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Mar 22 08:35:30 EST 2004 08:35:30 up 9:09, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.06, 0.04 Since we're all here, we must not be all there. -- Bob "Mountain" Beck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 22 March 2004 11:13 am, Dan Gordon wrote: > All of a sudden my monitor goes in to sleep or suspended mode, I have > turned this off in kde, gnome, xscreensaver, the bios, looked in mcc and > at a loss, turned off apm. Is there any where else i should look ? > I have never had this problem before. Any help is welcome. > > Regards, > Dan Gordon Uumm... how about in BIOS? - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 14:53:30 up 1:20, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAXpuNkp5CsIXuxqURAkV/AJwILThvsi6TmHW0eYcIrgunrzYsVQCghUpt 5C1mFfSgQt3Ib4eyG/Aqan4= =a6og -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor settings (slightly OT)
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:01:54 + Marco Verheul disseminated the following: > I can't seem to set the recommended resolution in Mandrake Control > Center. It does not show the combination of the resolution/refresh rate > I want to select. Is there another way? > > Could it be that my graphic card (riva tnt2) doesn't cut it anymore? > > Any suggestions are most welcome. Thanks. Further to Derek's reply, there was a fairly lengthy thread on setting modelines way back when. If you search google.com/linux for 'modeline calculator', and the Newbie and Expert archives for 'modelines', there was a lot of helpful info in there: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.html http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbie&r=1&w=2 ...substituting 'expert' for 'newbie' as appropriate. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 10:27:42 up 8 days, 22:15, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.22, 0.09 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth."-- The SNAFU Principle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration
From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] monitor configuration Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:41:48 +1000 On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:39, Miark wrote: > On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, "d2ci1fj g1nf24" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't > > understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? > > > > How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? > > You must first de-compress the file by typing > > bunzip filename.bz2 > > Then if it's a text file, you can read it with > > less filename > > Miark ...or you can use tar -xjvf if it's filename.tar.bz2 stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organising and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. -- David Broder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, Thanks for the help. From, Steven _ Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration
From: Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] monitor configuration Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 20:36:02 -0400 On Friday 12 September 2003 11:37 pm, d2ci1fj g1nf24 wrote: > Hi, > There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't > understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? > > How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? > From, >Steven > > _ > Express yourself with MSN Messenger 6.0 -- download now! > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_general Steven: I didn't get the attachment. Got a link to it? -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, I sent another email called "help with configuring a monitor" that has all of the details. If you don't see it let me know and I will resend it. From, Stven _ Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:39, Miark wrote: > On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, "d2ci1fj g1nf24" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't > > understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? > > > > How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? > > You must first de-compress the file by typing > > bunzip filename.bz2 > > Then if it's a text file, you can read it with > > less filename > > Miark ...or you can use tar -xjvf if it's filename.tar.bz2 stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organising and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. -- David Broder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, "d2ci1fj g1nf24" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't > understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? > > How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? You must first de-compress the file by typing bunzip filename.bz2 Then if it's a text file, you can read it with less filename Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration
Hi, There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? From, Steven _ Express yourself with MSN Messenger 6.0 -- download now! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_general Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor Switching on/off
Is this at runlevel 3, 5, or both? Miark On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 21:43:46 -0600 "Osiris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings > > > > Just installed 9.0 and it seems my monitor wants to click on/off every 3 > seconds or so. I assume this is a driver issue, but I can not find any > updates. I am using an ATI Rage card. Any known problems with ATI cards > and Mandrake? > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor trouble.
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 07:51 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > I have just changed my monitor from a CRT one to a TFT > one. > > The old monitor was running with the same settings as the > new one requires - 1024x768 at 75Hz. > > The new one works well with Windows98 and with Libranet. > I did not have to change anything in Libranet, the new > monitor just worked. > > Unfortunately, it doesn't work in Mandrake9.0. As I said, > the settings will be correct. All is well during booting, > until I get to the KDM log-in screen. Then the screen > goes blank and nothing further happens. So I can't look > at the monitor settings in the Mandrake control Centre to > see if I can spot anything wrong. > > I then did a fresh clean install on a spare hard drive. > All went smoothly until I got to setting up the monitor. > I spent ages trying different monitor settings, but every > time I tested the settings, I got a blank screen. Then it > went back to the monitor set-up menu and the screen > sprang back to life. > > So it appears to me, to be something to do with the > XWindows set-up. But I don't know what, or how to > overcome the problem. If it is, why are things OK in > Libranet, but not in Mandrake? Very confusing! > > If anyone can offer suggestions as to how I can solve > this problem, I would be very grateful. > > Many thanks > > Cheers > > Keith. > > P.S. Writing and sending this with Libranet, using the > new monitor. It looks great! Keith, your desription rings a bell : recently I got a brand new TFT screen, plugged it into my 9.0 box and it worked. Then, I got exited and bought a cheap graphics card (ATI Rage Pro). After that, your problem was mine, exactly. After fiddling around with numerous settings (each time requiring a re-install, because the screen went dead) I changed my x-server from 4.2 to the old 3.6 without graphics acceleration, and voila : everything worked. Although this is a wild guess, try changing your X-server. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 - kernel 2.4.19.24 Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor setup
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 10:42 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 5:54 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote: > > > virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and > > > apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a > > > stable situation, and I had to resave the session a few times. > > > > How did you get alt-ctrl +/- working under Mandrake. It used to work > > great on my old Slackware system, but I haven't got it to work on > > Mandrake. Do I have to bypass the automatic configuration toold to get > > it? > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Works fine for me (under 9.0) once I got the correct monitor setting. If > it isn't set to recognise all the possible resolutions it won't work. > > Anne Ctl+Alt+ kbd '+'/'-' will rotate through the resolutions defined in your /etc/X11/Xh86Config-4 file. Depending on the monitor you selected, there will be more/fewer resolutions defined. You can always edit the file and define a few more. Here is a sample from my config Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor setup
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 5:54 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote: > > virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and > > apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a > > stable situation, and I had to resave the session a few times. > > How did you get alt-ctrl +/- working under Mandrake. It used to work great > on my old Slackware system, but I haven't got it to work on Mandrake. > Do I have to bypass the automatic configuration toold to get it? > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Works fine for me (under 9.0) once I got the correct monitor setting. If it isn't set to recognise all the possible resolutions it won't work. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor setup
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote: > virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and > apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a stable > situation, and I had to resave the session a few times. How did you get alt-ctrl +/- working under Mandrake. It used to work great on my old Slackware system, but I haven't got it to work on Mandrake. Do I have to bypass the automatic configuration toold to get it? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor setup
David Reynolds wrote: On Sunday 05 January 2003 09:29 am, David Robertson stated: With regard to the monitor, the manual should give the horizontal and vertical frequencies, so those can be entered in the "custom" monitor settings. David I have a sort of weird situation; I didn't know it was possible to overclock a monitor, but that's what I was doing to the old one. It was about 7 years old, part of a factory system with my 2nd computer, and when I switched to Linux (Mdk 8.1, 900 MHz, nVidia card, etc) I kept the monitor. It seemed to be working fine, and I didn't need the extra expense. Except... Occasionally if I actually shut the monitor down and left it overnight, the system would freeze unrecoverable. The monitor acted like it was getting no signal, and there was no way to kill the X-server and recover it; I had to cold boot, which invariably caused a fsck. The strange bit was that if I left the monitor on and let it go to standby/sleep, it would be fine the next morning. So I learned to leave it on. Uptimes stood around a month or so, barring the occasional thunderstorm or vacation. It finally started screwing around whether I shut it off or not, so I got a new monitor; I was tired of dealing with a 14" anyway. So I got a new-to-me monitor, but there is no manual. It's a Dell/Sony Trinitron 17" (Model D1726T-HS). I've found some documentation online for it but dealing with "new" hardware isn't something I've really had to get a grip on before (I still haven't even bothered to get my nVidia card working). I managed to completely mangle my XFree86 configuration last night, and then got it working again under 800x600x16m, which is where I was at before (though without the overclocking, thankfully). When I first set it up I got a virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a stable situation, and I had to resave the session a few times. Can anyone point me in the direction of how to resolve this without trashing my XFree86 setup again? Thanks in advance, David Reynolds Basically you have to visit MCC - harware - monitor and set the choice of setting to that which your Dell/Sony Trinitron 17" (Model D1726T-HS) is best capable of giving you , look in the screen manual and try to match it. You can then set your video card driver to deliver you the best it can and all should be well. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor setup
On Sunday 05 January 2003 09:29 am, David Robertson stated: > With regard to the monitor, the manual should give the horizontal and > vertical frequencies, so those can be entered in the "custom" monitor > settings. > > David I have a sort of weird situation; I didn't know it was possible to overclock a monitor, but that's what I was doing to the old one. It was about 7 years old, part of a factory system with my 2nd computer, and when I switched to Linux (Mdk 8.1, 900 MHz, nVidia card, etc) I kept the monitor. It seemed to be working fine, and I didn't need the extra expense. Except... Occasionally if I actually shut the monitor down and left it overnight, the system would freeze unrecoverable. The monitor acted like it was getting no signal, and there was no way to kill the X-server and recover it; I had to cold boot, which invariably caused a fsck. The strange bit was that if I left the monitor on and let it go to standby/sleep, it would be fine the next morning. So I learned to leave it on. Uptimes stood around a month or so, barring the occasional thunderstorm or vacation. It finally started screwing around whether I shut it off or not, so I got a new monitor; I was tired of dealing with a 14" anyway. So I got a new-to-me monitor, but there is no manual. It's a Dell/Sony Trinitron 17" (Model D1726T-HS). I've found some documentation online for it but dealing with "new" hardware isn't something I've really had to get a grip on before (I still haven't even bothered to get my nVidia card working). I managed to completely mangle my XFree86 configuration last night, and then got it working again under 800x600x16m, which is where I was at before (though without the overclocking, thankfully). When I first set it up I got a virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a stable situation, and I had to resave the session a few times. Can anyone point me in the direction of how to resolve this without trashing my XFree86 setup again? Thanks in advance, David Reynolds -- There are three types of profit: from producing; from investing; from a good reputation. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor standby, suspend and power off
On Monday 04 Nov 2002 01:19, Angus Auld wrote: > Peter Watson wrote: > > I am using KDE 3.0 on LM 9.0. > > > > The monitor power saving features (standby, suspend and power off ) > > were working fine except that they interfered with ripping a DVD which > > went on for a long period and so I disabled them from > > Configure>KDE>Power Control>Energy. > > > > After succesfully ripping the DVD I tried to re-enable Power Saving > > but no luck, the screen never blanks. A bit of digging showed that > > when trying to re-enable the menu's command "kcmshell energy" puts > > rubbish in file ~/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc, I have edited this > > to be the same as /usr/share/config/kcmdisplayrc ie > > == > > > > [DisplayEnergy] > > displayEnergySaving=true > > displayPowerOff=45 > > displayStandby=15 > > displaySuspend=30 > > > > = > > > > but still no screen blanking. The other apparent fault is that > > ~/.kde/share/config/kcminitrc is completely blank ie 0kb and I don't > > know what it should contain. > > > > If anyone can give me any pointers onthis problem or post the contents > > of their ~/.kde/share/config/kcminitrc I would be very grateful. > > > > Regards Pete > > ArdnamurchanScotland > >### > > Hi Pete, my ~/.kde/share/config/kcminitrc is 0kb also. > My /usr/share/config/kcmdisplayrc is the same as yours. > However, ~/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc contains only the following: > [X11] > exportKDEColors=false > > My power management seems to be working OK. I'm using KDE 3 on LM 9.0 as > well. > > Hope this helps. > > > --Angus > > How do you destroy a righteous person? Give him or her one follower! > --ancient Cherokee saying (fr. "Earth Medicine" by Jamie Sams) > > *** > *Reg. Linux User #278931* > *** > *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* > *** Thanks Angus I changed mine to be like yours but still no success. I just splashed out on a 17" LCD monitor and I feel a bit dubious about leaving it powered up all the time. There must be some other problem that I don't know about, I may give gnome a try to see if that works ok Regards Pete ArdnamurchanScotland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor standby, suspend and power off
Peter Watson wrote: > I am using KDE 3.0 on LM 9.0. > > The monitor power saving features (standby, suspend and power off ) were > working fine except that they interfered with ripping a DVD which went on > for a long period and so I disabled them from Configure>KDE>Power > Control>Energy. > > After succesfully ripping the DVD I tried to re-enable Power Saving but no > luck, the screen never blanks. A bit of digging showed that when trying to > re-enable the menu's command "kcmshell energy" puts rubbish in file > ~/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc, I have edited this to be the same as > /usr/share/config/kcmdisplayrc ie > == > > [DisplayEnergy] > displayEnergySaving=true > displayPowerOff=45 > displayStandby=15 > displaySuspend=30 > > = > > but still no screen blanking. The other apparent fault is that > ~/.kde/share/config/kcminitrc is completely blank ie 0kb and I don't know > what it should contain. > > If anyone can give me any pointers onthis problem or post the contents of > their ~/.kde/share/config/kcminitrc I would be very grateful. > > Regards Pete > Ardnamurchan Scotland >### Hi Pete, my ~/.kde/share/config/kcminitrc is 0kb also. My /usr/share/config/kcmdisplayrc is the same as yours. However, ~/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc contains only the following: [X11] exportKDEColors=false My power management seems to be working OK. I'm using KDE 3 on LM 9.0 as well. Hope this helps. --Angus How do you destroy a righteous person? Give him or her one follower! --ancient Cherokee saying (fr. "Earth Medicine" by Jamie Sams) *** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *** -- ___ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] monitor bliking time to time problem
> > > > > > > hei people, > > > > > > my monitor blinking all time. > > > I need to configure XWindows. I am running Mandrake, I don't > > > know how it is done. > > > > > > I am using: > > > > > > mandrake linux ppc 8.2 > > > > > > kernel version 2.4 18.6.1 > > > > > > monitor Imac/powerpc-640x480 > > > > > > I run KDE version 2.2.2 Graphic card-atimach 64 > > > > > > thanks for help > > > > > > > > > rhp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] monitor
vasscon wrote: > > My monitor,a 15'' Proview PK-572 isn't listed if no other responce log http://www.google.com/ and run search for 'proview AND pk-572 AND linux' and you should get a few hits. drop 'linux' and you should get many hits. log proview site, search 'pk-572', pull tech specs, plug into config. you can also check linuxhardware site, [ http://???.??? ] and search for make/ model. good luck. tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email, text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy "made in america". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor Lock-up
There it was, right in front of me. Never bothered to look there because I figured this wasn't a laptop and didn't apply (batteries). Thanks for the response --- Dan Shackelford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote: > Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION -- KDE -- POWER > CONTROL -- ENERGY ? > > > Hi, > > When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for > the night, and I am > > still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off > in the morning (which > > led to more difficuties - reformating). I have > experimented and logged > > off at night and the results are various. I saw on > the list several > > weeks ago, a command to tell your monitor NOT to > go into shut down > > (energy saver) mode. And it worked fine. I > searched the newbie archives > > but can't find it. Any help is appreciated. I am > running MK 8.1, AMD 1.4 > > ghz 512 ram. Voodoo 5500. > > > > J Winkle > > > > > > > _ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > = Registered Linux User No: 194751 __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor Lock-up
On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote: Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION -- KDE -- POWER CONTROL -- ENERGY ? > Hi, >When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am > still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which > led to more difficuties - reformating). I have experimented and logged > off at night and the results are various. I saw on the list several > weeks ago, a command to tell your monitor NOT to go into shut down > (energy saver) mode. And it worked fine. I searched the newbie archives > but can't find it. Any help is appreciated. I am running MK 8.1, AMD 1.4 > ghz 512 ram. Voodoo 5500. > > J Winkle > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem
On Saturday 22 December 2001 13:33, poogle wrote: > Probably won't be a lot of use here, but assuming you have > correctly configured your monitor refresh rates/horizonta/vertical > frequencies have you got access to another video card ? I ask > because I had an S3Trio64/3D which I could never get to work, in > the end I gave up and bought a different one If you have an S3Trio, buying a new card is probably a good idea anyway. We have to use them at work, and I notice that when I restart the X-server, it says "ugh" on detecting the card! BTW, if I secretly replaced the S3Trio with my old Trident3D (another notoriously cranky card), would it improve things at all? Robin -- "One ping to rule them all, one ping to bind them" - Arya Stark Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem
Probably won't be a lot of use here, but assuming you have correctly configured your monitor refresh rates/horizonta/vertical frequencies have you got access to another video card ? I ask because I had an S3Trio64/3D which I could never get to work, in the end I gave up and bought a different one On Saturday 22 December 2001 06:39 am, you wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a monitor that is NOT listed but does 1024/768 and an S3Trio Video > Card. Once I've picked ANYTHING for monitor and/or resolution my computer > hangs with some message about nodevice. I can reproduce this message > exactly if you need to see it fully, but does anyone have any ideas that > might get me up and running? > > Regards > Trevor -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem
>is the video card agp? or pci? if pci, what slot? if agp what is in the pci >slot next to it? (should be empty) Bottom of 3 PCI slots. Network card is in the top PCI slot. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem
TR> Hi All, TR> I have a monitor that is NOT listed but does 1024/768 and an S3Trio Video TR> Card. Once I've picked ANYTHING for monitor and/or resolution my computer TR> hangs with some message about nodevice. I can reproduce this message TR> exactly if you need to see it fully, but does anyone have any ideas that TR> might get me up and running? TR> Regards TR> Trevor Are we speaking of X or console ? In X, I set up such monitors as "generic". If it is 17' I do 1024x768@70 Hz. If it is something lower, choose something that gives 56 Hz or 60Hz @ 1024x768. If these tries wont work, the error output would be nice. Honestly I never saw that error. Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello group, > > I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I would really like the > annoying sleep mode or shutting down of my monitor to > stop.' > > anyone have any great ideas?? > > > thnxXsturm Xsturmas root, load the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 into an editor and make this line (line #219): Option "DPMS" "on" look like this: #Option "DPMS" "on" the addition of the # at the beginning of the line is called 'commenting it out' and disables that line, thus disabling DPMS. :) -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Monitor
>From an xterm... "xset s off" -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of |[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:25 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Monitor | | |Hello group, | |I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I would really like the |annoying sleep mode or shutting down of my monitor to stop.' | |anyone have any great ideas?? | | |thnxXsturm | | |-- |"It's a beautiful day...don't let it get away..." ~U2~ | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor
In reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s words, written Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:24:48 -0600 It's either the power management in the BIOS, or the Advanced Power Management (APM) daemon in the boot. Run Mandrake Control Center (mcc) and look for services. Paul >Hello group, > >I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I would really like the annoying sleep >mode or shutting down of my monitor to stop.' > >anyone have any great ideas?? > > >thnxXsturm > > >-- >"It's a beautiful day...don't let it get away..." ~U2~ > > > -- Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. -Sara Caldwell http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor LG Studiworks 441
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:22:17 -0400 Aldo Caruso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.monitorworld.com/ There you'll find specs for most monitors Cheers > Hi, > > I've just installed Mandrake 8 and I've a monitor LG Studioworks 441. > Mandrake correctly detects the card (Intel 810), but when it attemps to enter > X Windows the screen gets black. If I set, using, XConfigurator in console > mode, 640 x 480 video mode, then I can enter XWindows mode with no problem. > > I think something is wrong with the frequency of the monitor. Is there a > way of setting it ? Does somebody know which are the correct horizontal and > vertical frequency for this kind of monitor in order to put it in 800 x 600 > or 1024 x 720 mode ? > > Thanks in advance, > Aldo > > -- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) Registered Linux User: 102826
Fwd: Re: [newbie] Monitor Switch?
did it again, that's like 6 times this week. Was supposed to go to the list. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor Switch? Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:10:29 -0400 From: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Friday 27 July 2001 21:11, you wrote: > Jon, > > I just realized that I screwed up and told you the wrong thing, I was > describing switches to let two computers share one monitor. The same > mechanical switch can also let one computer share two monitors, with the > right cables or some adapters. I'm not certain that an electronic KVM > switch will support that kind of operation. > > Sorry for misleading you, > Randy Kramer I believe it should be interchangeable. If you connect the cable from the computer to the main input for video and then connect the two monitors to A input and B input it should switch back an forth with no problem. Someone who is a hardware guru correct me if I'm wrong, but it works that way with printer switches too. like switching train tracks, doesn't matter which way the train is going. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 --- -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Monitor Switch?
thanks for the quick responses! I dual boot both linux and winME with an older 17" IBM monitor that I got for $99 and it works just fine. My dad is kinda weird about these things and I have him really interested in linux, but when he had the monitor problem of course he blamed it on linux and deleted it. He just happens to have two brand new montiors and got the idea about some kind of switch, I won't argue with him if he gives linux another shot. He runs 800x600 I believe, so it sounds like he shouldn't have a problem. Again thanks for the fast responses.
Re: [newbie] monitor resolution
Edit the order of the fonts in the xfs config file: "vi /etc/X11/fs/config" (it probably has the 75 point first and the 100point second. Reverse that, and put the 100 point first.). Then, stop & restart xfs: "service xfs restart" Then stop & restart X (a little trickier). If you're using kdm/gdm Select the Restart X Server option from the pull down. If you're booting to run level 3 (console loging, and running startx by hand: STOP IT!).. oh.. excuse me. Just log out to the console, and log back in. You should now have the revised fonts. It's possible that you MAY have to re-boot. X generally doesn't like you messing with it's fonts while it's running... Ric Edward Barrow wrote: > How do I configure xfree86 4 to produce legible fonts while still using the > highest resolution on my monitor? The KDE help centre suggests editing the > order of the fonts lines in xf86config, but there are no such lines, just a > note saying that a font server is now used. Where is the relevant config > file for the font server? > > under windows I used 125dpi fonts so it is not surprising that 75dpi are > illegible > > > Edward Barrow > > >
Re: [newbie] Monitor goes dead.
Thanks for the reply. I found a combination that works; 8514 compatible, 1028 X 768 @ 87 Hz, interlaced (no 800 X 600). Phew! (G) I found the manual on the monitor, in the back the was a chart showing "factory preset display modes." This was one of them that appeared on the list in Mandrake install. Thanks, CR Riker wrote: > > I had a similar problem with an S3 TRIO and the only way I could get the > card to work was during the installation processes. Boot from the CD and > hit F1 when the CD first boots (you should see and option for it). Then > type 'vgalo' in the command line. Once I did this, my video came up and > worked pretty good. Hopes this helps, 'cause I know how frustrating this > problem can be. I worked on it for three weeks in my spare time. > > Please let me know if this was a help, as I'm a newbie myself. :) > > Riker > > Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote: > > > > I loaded L-M 7.2 Complete on my K6-2 based PC w/Diamond stealth 3d > > video board and SVGA monitor. I used the dual boot option on a 4.2 gig > > HDD with Win Me on the DOS partition and L-M on the second partion. On > > initial boot up, Win ME works fine. When I selected Linux, boot up > > screens passed by and a rather blocky penguin showed > > up and asked for a user log in. Before I could type in my user name, > > the screen shut down as if the power management system in the BIOS had > > taken over. > > > >Rebooted and disabled pwr mgt; no help. tried to reinstall from the > > boot disk so as to modify the screen res settings. Couldn't get to the > > install routines. Grrr.. > > Said to hell with it and watched the pro bowl. ;^) > > > > After trying several different things, managed to kill the HDD's boot > > track. Wound up reloading the HDD from a backup and here I am, much > > chagrined. > > > > What's my best bet for getting one of the GUIs to display? None of > > the choices in the dusplay menu fitted my video board/monitor combo. I > > suspect that the 1024 x 768 monitor is the issue. I tried 800 x 600 on > > a reload. It died again. Suppose I choose the wrong combo again. How > > do I get the screen to come back on? This is getting old!! ;^) > > > > TIA, > > > > CR
Re: [newbie] Monitor goes dead.
I had a similar problem with an S3 TRIO and the only way I could get the card to work was during the installation processes. Boot from the CD and hit F1 when the CD first boots (you should see and option for it). Then type 'vgalo' in the command line. Once I did this, my video came up and worked pretty good. Hopes this helps, 'cause I know how frustrating this problem can be. I worked on it for three weeks in my spare time. Please let me know if this was a help, as I'm a newbie myself. :) Riker Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote: > > I loaded L-M 7.2 Complete on my K6-2 based PC w/Diamond stealth 3d > video board and SVGA monitor. I used the dual boot option on a 4.2 gig > HDD with Win Me on the DOS partition and L-M on the second partion. On > initial boot up, Win ME works fine. When I selected Linux, boot up > screens passed by and a rather blocky penguin showed > up and asked for a user log in. Before I could type in my user name, > the screen shut down as if the power management system in the BIOS had > taken over. > >Rebooted and disabled pwr mgt; no help. tried to reinstall from the > boot disk so as to modify the screen res settings. Couldn't get to the > install routines. Grrr.. > Said to hell with it and watched the pro bowl. ;^) > > After trying several different things, managed to kill the HDD's boot > track. Wound up reloading the HDD from a backup and here I am, much > chagrined. > > What's my best bet for getting one of the GUIs to display? None of > the choices in the dusplay menu fitted my video board/monitor combo. I > suspect that the 1024 x 768 monitor is the issue. I tried 800 x 600 on > a reload. It died again. Suppose I choose the wrong combo again. How > do I get the screen to come back on? This is getting old!! ;^) > > TIA, > > CR
Re: [newbie] monitor setup
> >You don't call XFdrake that way. The command line command to issue at the >command prompt is "setuptool". You will be presented with a small menu of >utilities to choose from. All to make it possible to configure your system. >One of those is XFdrake. Give it a try. Drop out of a console from X by >typing CTRL-ALT-F1, login as root, and type "setuptool" on the command line >and see what happens. To get back to your X session the command is >CTRL-ALT-F7. >-- >Mark > >"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," >"Sharing is what makes them powerful." > > Linus Torvalds ahh--you are right.setuptool did the trick...didnt know of this commandbut now i do---thx alot...;) --quay
Re: [newbie] monitor setup
> yes i didbut in my case XFdrake=Xconfigurator...both commands > start Xconfigurator ( i did a server install), maybe this is the reason why > XF86Setup didnt get installed ? ) > meanwhile i solved the problem otherwise..by reinstalling and choosing > the graphic card at install time..it now works pretty good...but > nevertheless it would be interesting for me how to change video card > without reinstalling every time. > > greets, > > --quay You don't call XFdrake that way. The command line command to issue at the command prompt is "setuptool". You will be presented with a small menu of utilities to choose from. All to make it possible to configure your system. One of those is XFdrake. Give it a try. Drop out of a console from X by typing CTRL-ALT-F1, login as root, and type "setuptool" on the command line and see what happens. To get back to your X session the command is CTRL-ALT-F7. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] monitor setup
At 23:15 15.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: > > in my case neither of them does allow me to set my video card.instead > > both let me choose a monitor > > is there any other way to select the video card ?..XF86Setup doesnt > > exist on my system, only xf86config which crashes all > > the time > > > > quay > > > > > >Quay, > >Have you tried to do it using XFdrake as I suggested in an earlier post? That >utility should take care of it for you just fine. yes i didbut in my case XFdrake=Xconfigurator...both commands start Xconfigurator ( i did a server install), maybe this is the reason why XF86Setup didnt get installed ? ) meanwhile i solved the problem otherwise..by reinstalling and choosing the graphic card at install time..it now works pretty good...but nevertheless it would be interesting for me how to change video card without reinstalling every time. greets, --quay >-- >Mark > >"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," >"Sharing is what makes them powerful." > > Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] monitor setup
> in my case neither of them does allow me to set my video card.instead > both let me choose a monitor > is there any other way to select the video card ?..XF86Setup doesnt > exist on my system, only xf86config which crashes all > the time > > quay > > Quay, Have you tried to do it using XFdrake as I suggested in an earlier post? That utility should take care of it for you just fine. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] monitor setup
At 19:12 15.01.2001 +0100, you wrote: >On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Dave wrote: > > >I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux > >won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command > >line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to selecting > >a video card only. in my case neither of them does allow me to set my video card.instead both let me choose a monitor is there any other way to select the video card ?..XF86Setup doesnt exist on my system, only xf86config which crashes all the time quay >You can edit the XF86config (or XF86Config-4) file in /etc/X11 through >vi, vi, vim, vi, pico, joe or emacs, and set your default resolution to >640x480 in the screen section. Select the subscreensection with the proper >pixels you intend to use and remove all the other resolution options >(better: copy the line, comment it out and modify the original line, for >easier backout). > >Paul > >-- >Problems that are worth taking on >Prove their value by fighting back. > >http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 > Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] monitor setup
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Dave wrote: >I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux >won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command >line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to selecting >a video card only. You can edit the XF86config (or XF86Config-4) file in /etc/X11 through vi, vi, vim, vi, pico, joe or emacs, and set your default resolution to 640x480 in the screen section. Select the subscreensection with the proper pixels you intend to use and remove all the other resolution options (better: copy the line, comment it out and modify the original line, for easier backout). Paul -- Problems that are worth taking on Prove their value by fighting back. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] Monitor problems
On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Why is it better to leave a computer on 24/7? I've seen most all the other replies. As was said, there's pros and cons. I still believe if you turn your computer on every day, you're just as well off to leave it on. My main reason is Linux is usually set to run it's cron jobs at 4am. If you're systems off, obviously these updates don't get done. Power: most desktop systems use about 150 watts or less. This drops a lot when the monitor goes into suspend. If heats a problem when running 24/7, you've got hardware problems. Linux sends HLT signals to the cpu when it's idle, basically turning it off. I run a p3-450 overclocked to 608mhz, 24/7, no problems. I read sometime ago that the difference in your electric bill to leave your computer on 27/7 as opposed to on/off everyday is about $2 to $3 month at most. UPS: Contrary to what someone said, Wal*Mart is a great place to buy an UPS. They sell the best brand, APC, at very competitive prices. Sometime ago I bought an APC BackUPs 500 at wally world for $123. The 500 is more than adequate for a desktop system and also features the serial port connection to shutdown the OS and power off the system in an extended power outage. An UPS is almost a requisite for a Linux (file) system, but it also provides better power protection for your hardware than even the best surge protectors. It not only eliminate surges, it also boosts and cleans the power during brownouts and power dips (like when your A/C starts up). I'm not intending to plug Wal*Mart, but buying an UPS online is expensive because they're heavy (ie, shipping costs). I do strongly recommend using an UPS on any computer system, regardless of what OS you use. Some of y'all might even find that problems you have with Windoze are really caused by your electric company or house wiring ;) -- Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Monitor problems
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor problems >downsides of leaving it on all the time: >heat buildup (computer is enclosed & no air conditioner & live in the south *haha*) >solution -- good fans, take the cover off (that's what i do) Not to be nitpicky or anything, but this is not always the best thing to do as good cases have been designed to maximize airflow and heat regulation when they are put together. In some cases the static nature of the surrounding air with the case off will actually cause the components, especially processors and hard drives, to become hotter than if the case were left on. >power surge or lightning strike (tho this could do damage even if it is turned off i suppose - just depends) >solution -- get a GOOD UPS or line filter. not one at walmart. my first IBM system was destroyed by lightning & a walmart line filter. also >protect your modem line. i have seen systems fried thru the phone line. sometimes your modem will be a fuse & protect the rest of your >system. sometimes i will not. Even a good UPS will not protect equipment if the lightening strike is close enough, that's why most of the surge protectors/UPS's offer insurance on things hooked up to them. I worked at Underwriters Laboratories for awhile in their surge suppressor division. Lightning strikes, usually closer than three or four poles to your house will take out electronics unless you have some type of professional lightening arrestor installed outside your house. >downsides of turning it on / off as needed: >component failure is more likely to occure when powering up or down >note -- i don't really know how "true" this is i'm an electronic tech & i think about this & it could be true, but i don't have any research or >data to support it. it does seem possible however. I'm a little doubtful as to the claims that the on/off cycling really does significant harm.,but a sudden 5V surge into some of the more delicate MOS chips could possibly, maybe, kinda do some damage in the long run. Although how many of us have seen ancient 386's and 486's that have been around forever still chuggin along just fine? >i use to keep my system on all the time. didn't have any problems tho. >now days i keep it on a few days at a time sometimes, but due to win98 i usually don't go more that 4 days without a cold boot. i know, i know >why am i using win98. well, when linux can run Red Alert & Tiberian Sun i'll be free. Here, here...Until I can run all of my games and get my nVidia card running like it should under Linux, I'll have to stick with the MS beast for the time being. Plus I just like playing with OS's...got four of 'em installed currently. Adam
Re: [newbie] Monitor problems
I would certainly turn the monitor off as monitors are quite a fire risk. I leave my server at home running all the time behind a UPS and have never had hardware problems. But the monitor goes off. If I remember correctly from years ago, the problem with turning equipment on and off all the time is that the components go through heat stress and the heat causes expansion of course. In many cases its the mechanical expansion which does the damage. These days PC's run a lot cooler (the components that is) and I suspect the gains in leaving the machines on is minimal. Is the fan in your power supply a good ball race fan? If its the usual sleeve variety it will sieze eventually and will, according to Murphy, do it in the middle of the night and cook you machine. Regards,Rod - Original Message - From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor problems > > > In defense of leaving the machine on (particularly if you're running a > > stable system like Linux), other than your monitor, a computer doesn't use > > all that much electricity. A 200W power supply takes about as much as 3-4 > > light bulbs, right? How many lights do you leave on in the house? Might be > > worth it to shut off the monitor and leave the box on. > > In support of what you're saying, that 200W is the potential output > capacity of that device, not its power usage. The machine is actually > using less than that or the power supply would be inadequate. > > Cheers --- Larry > > > >
Re: [newbie] Monitor problems
> the correct driver for my monitor in the list, i just didnt see it > the previous time i guess. I used DrakConf from within KDE to > change the monitor and all went well. as user or root? until i started my pc > this morning and saw that all settings were returned to the > original and i couldnt even get a resolution of 800x600x8. When i > change the monitor to the correct one, the settings arent saved > for some reason. Boot to a text based console prompt (runlevel 3) and as root run a X-config utility (I prefer XF86Setup). Whichever utility you use it will ask if you want to write the changes to the config file, say yes. BTW, if you use your computer everyday, you'll be better off leaving it on 24/7. -- Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion
Mandrake 7.1 seems better than the 6.5 version I replaced, but had the identical problem with the display skewed left. I simply reset the monitor display and after about 60 seconds it "takes" and seems to be holding. I had to change resolution to 800X600. Using Amdek 815E monitor and Erazor Victory video card in 166 Mhz AMD K5 system. Using switchbox to move back and forth the monitor, keyboard and mouse to the Windows 98 system and both handle the changes very well. All displays work just fine and dandy. Go with the simple solution and try that first before you mess with the LINUX files. I did that at first, silly me, with no success. Don't make it too hard on yourself unless you like pain. Hope this helps. B. B. Stanfield KC5PIY Romanator wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > What type of monitor and graphics card are you using? And, what is the > resolution > and amount of colors on your color palette? > > In the meantime, trying selecting a generic monitor and reduce your > resolution to 800 X 600. > Then, work your way up to a higher resolution. If you have a monitor > that can adjust the X-axis, > please do so. > > Roman > > Phil Bossaers wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have just installed LM 7.1 on my AMD K6-2 500 MHz. I am having trouble with >screen distortion, mostly on the left hand side of the screen. I have a generic >Voodoo Banshee video card which the OS has had no trouble recognising. Do I need to >reconfigure the monitor or video card in some way? > > > > Thanks in advance for the help!
Re: [newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion
Hi Phil, What type of monitor and graphics card are you using? And, what is the resolution and amount of colors on your color palette? In the meantime, trying selecting a generic monitor and reduce your resolution to 800 X 600. Then, work your way up to a higher resolution. If you have a monitor that can adjust the X-axis, please do so. Roman Phil Bossaers wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have just installed LM 7.1 on my AMD K6-2 500 MHz. I am having trouble with >screen distortion, mostly on the left hand side of the screen. I have a generic >Voodoo Banshee video card which the OS has had no trouble recognising. Do I need to >reconfigure the monitor or video card in some way? > > Thanks in advance for the help! begin:vcard n:;Roman x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 note:Roman - Register Linux User #179293 fn:Roman - Register Linux User #179293 end:vcard
RE: [newbie] Monitor Display is Offset
1) If you have a newer monitor (2 years old or so) then you can merely save the settings to the Monitor's RAM after adjusting it. Next time Linux comes up, it will switch to the appropriate mode. 2) If you have a REALLY old monitor, you'll need to be sure that Linux is running at EXACTLY the same screen res and refresh rate as your NT/Windows settings... Thus if you have your monitor set at 1024x768x85hz (doubtful if you have an old monitor!) you'll need to set Linux to use the same refresh rate... clock rates follow logically... You'll need to hand edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config so that the timings are the same... if you cannot do this from XVidtune. You can also try re-configuring XFree86. Select a "lower" monitor than what you have. Normally "X" tries to drive the monitor you specify at the highest possible frequency. Selecting a more median monitor will effectively lower the refresh rate at a given resolution and get you closer to where you need to be. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: Ralph Sanford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 4:57 PM |To: Newbie Mandrake List |Subject: [newbie] Monitor Display is Offset | | |Hi Guys, | |I have Linux Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe, basically installed and running except |for peripherals (to be dealt with later) and the display on my monitor is |offset to the right about 1 inch ( the left side border is too large?) | |I have tried XFdrake , XFdrake --expert and Xconfigurator and they each |provide a small window that changes screen resolution and color depth BUT |NOT the position of the display on my monitor. | |xf86config has a lot of adjustments in it but not how to adjust the |display location/mode. | |xf86setup which I have used in SuSE is not found on my Mandrake setup. | |xvidtune which is on my Mandrake system DOES adjust the horizontal |position |correctly and I can log on and off as different users and the display |remains correct. However, when I reboot back into Linux the display is |offset again. How can I make the display adjustments in xvidtune become |permanent? Or what other adjustment utility should I use? | |My testing computer was built by Touch Systems, a PII - 233 on ASUS P2L97 |with 96m RAM. | |The video card is a Matrox Millenium G200 AGP w/ 8 mb. The monitor is NEC |Multisync E500. | |This is a multi-boot machine with WinNT4, OS/2 4, and now Mandrake 7.0 |formerly SuSE 6.3. The physical monitor adjustments have worked with |Windows, OS/2 and SuSE and I am not prepared to alter the physical |setting |of the monitor and then diddle with the other operating systems software |settings in order to accommodate Mandrake. There must be a way to get |Mandrake to accept the a horizontal adjustment in display setting and |then |retain the adjustment through a reboot. | |PS my copy of the Mandrake 7.1 CDs just arrived in the mail and I would |like to play with it, once I know how to permanently shift the display |settings. | |Thanks for any assistance. | | |Ralph Sanford-If your government does not trust you, |[EMAIL PROTECTED]-should you trust your government? | |+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ |For my public PGP key send email with subject: "Send_PGP_Key" |RSA Key - 0x434B4825 DH/DSS Key - 0x7A1BEA01 |+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ | |
Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
I sent my last message on accident here is the info AMD K6 II 400MHz VIA Apollo Chipset Motherboard w/ 512K Cache 64 MB PC-100 SDRAM AGP Trident 3D with 4MB 17"CyberVision Monitor C70 .27dpi 1280x1024 Res. If any one can help please do. if not i will not be in pain lol this is for a friend ha. my install went smooth except i needa new modem =( - Original Message - From: "Alan Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off | Marcwhat's md? I ask because if your problem is related | to the installation of md then md or it's install routines may | have written to your /etc/X11/XF86Config file as the symptom | you describe sounds like incorrect synch rates for your | monitor. Just guessing here. | | Alan | | | Marc wrote: | > | > my monitor on my other box shuts off when i get to the login prompt. i mean | > it wont turn back on. this never has happened till i installed md on it. any | > input on this? | > | > _ | > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World | > Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email | > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html | _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
It is priority of the mail. There is Low,Medium & High. Self explainatory. In M$ Outlook in a new mail on the options above the To: etc. set the priority as High to get the ! - Original Message - From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off | Sorry to get off the subject but your e-mail comes in with the a ! next to | it whats that mean and hwo do you do it? Sorry about off the topic just | curious. :) | | - Original Message - | From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 9:12 PM | Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off | | | > when it gets to the login prompt the screen just goes black. there is | still | > power to it it just goes blank. | > | > - Original Message - | > From: "vern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 8:26 PM | > Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off | > | > | > | Shut off as to power (AC out of the wall) or as to video | > | from the display card? | > | vern | > | | > | Marc wrote: | > | > | > | > my monitor on my other box shuts off when i get to the login prompt. i | > mean | > | > it wont turn back on. this never has happened till i installed md on | it. | > any | > | > input on this? | > | > | > | > _ | > | > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World | > | > Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email | > | > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html | > | | > | -- | > | Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | This email was created in a Micro$haft free environment! | > |Silly hacker, root is for administrators! | > | | > | | > | > _ | > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World | > Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email | > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html | > | > | | _ | NetZero - Defenders of the Free World | Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email | http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html | | _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
Sorry to get off the subject but your e-mail comes in with the a ! next to it whats that mean and hwo do you do it? Sorry about off the topic just curious. :) - Original Message - From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off > when it gets to the login prompt the screen just goes black. there is still > power to it it just goes blank. > > - Original Message - > From: "vern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off > > > | Shut off as to power (AC out of the wall) or as to video > | from the display card? > | vern > | > | Marc wrote: > | > > | > my monitor on my other box shuts off when i get to the login prompt. i > mean > | > it wont turn back on. this never has happened till i installed md on it. > any > | > input on this? > | > > | > _ > | > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World > | > Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email > | > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html > | > | -- > | Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | This email was created in a Micro$haft free environment! > |Silly hacker, root is for administrators! > | > | > > _ > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World > Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html > > _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
when it gets to the login prompt the screen just goes black. there is still power to it it just goes blank. - Original Message - From: "vern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off | Shut off as to power (AC out of the wall) or as to video | from the display card? | vern | | Marc wrote: | > | > my monitor on my other box shuts off when i get to the login prompt. i mean | > it wont turn back on. this never has happened till i installed md on it. any | > input on this? | > | > _ | > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World | > Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email | > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html | | -- | Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] | This email was created in a Micro$haft free environment! |Silly hacker, root is for administrators! | | _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
vickyit's probably an illusion since you're more than likely used to windows method of echoing an asterisk for each keystroke at a password prompt. Unlike windows, Linux echos nothing, so it may appear to you that it is not accepting your keystrokes, but it is. Just type your password and hit enter ignoring the motionless cursor. Alan vicky catrambone wrote: > > I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0 > yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed > windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it > boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and > tab or use the mouse to get to the password box but it absolutely wont > accept any keyboard input. Its booting into k desktop environment. Is > there a way to boot into console and how would I go about fixing this > without having to re install again ?Somehow I feel I have the monitor > settings wrong and this is why its freezing. thx in advance Vicky
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0 yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and tab or use the mouse to get to the password box but it absolutely wont accept any keyboard input. Its booting into k desktop environment. Is there a way to boot into console and how would I go about fixing this without having to re install again ?Somehow I feel I have the monitor settings wrong and this is why its freezing. thx in advance Vicky
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
WolfRyder wrote: > > I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right > now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, > would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter > and where the user name and password goes, the whole thing would > justsit there! LILO has absolutely nothing to do with that. If you're able to boot Windows, LILO is working correctly. Strike your login problems up to another Microsoft "innovation". > Also, my monitor, which is a Delta DE 570, I got used and have no specs. We > guessed on them on installation, but must have guessed wrong because my > bootup puts me in the default screen, not KDE, even though I selected it. > I'm figuring X didn't get configured right, but how do I do that when I > don't know the correct settings for my monitor? I've looked on the net to > try to track them down, but no luck. Found the webpage and all, but no specs. Do you have any notion of what the maximum resolution of the monitor is? 1024x768? 1280x1024? Start with a "generic" monitor that supports your max resolution. From there, start at 640x480 and work your way up. I think you'll have better luck with this method than with asking for the max resolution right off the bat. The other thing you may want to check is that you're really booting into graphical mode. At the LILO prompt, enter "linux 5". That will guarantee that it tries graphical mode. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [[newbie] monitor and LILO woes]
When I use "xf86setup" or one of the other text based X configuration proggies, I usually choose GENERIC MONITOR, and 50-90 MHz for the monitor refresh, I have a Sceptre 14" monitor that is not listed. HTH Jaguar WolfRyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right > now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, > would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter > and where the user name and password goes, the whole thing would > justsit there! > > Also, my monitor, which is a Delta DE 570, I got used and have no specs. We > guessed on them on installation, but must have guessed wrong because my > bootup puts me in the default screen, not KDE, even though I selected it. > I'm figuring X didn't get configured right, but how do I do that when I > don't know the correct settings for my monitor? I've looked on the net to > try to track them down, but no luck. Found the webpage and all, but no specs. > > suggestions? Yes, I've already thought of getting a new monitor. > > Carol The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
Carol, I found and have used the program provided at http://www.belarc.com. It appears to identify all component, hardware and software, that is on my box it takes three or four minutes to download and run. Well worth the time. On Thu, 04 May 2000, WolfRyder wrote: > I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right > now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, > would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter > and where the user name and password goes, the whole thing would > justsit there! > > Also, my monitor, which is a Delta DE 570, I got used and have no specs. We > guessed on them on installation, but must have guessed wrong because my > bootup puts me in the default screen, not KDE, even though I selected it. > I'm figuring X didn't get configured right, but how do I do that when I > don't know the correct settings for my monitor? I've looked on the net to > try to track them down, but no luck. Found the webpage and all, but no specs. > > suggestions? Yes, I've already thought of getting a new monitor. > > Carol
Re: [newbie] monitor brightnes
Omar RodrÃguez wrote: > > Yes, i alredy maxed it out on the game setup and also manually on > my monitor but its still way too dark > > on windows the drivers came with a tweaking tool for gamma correction > it does look a little better but not quite the way its supused to The X Windows System also includes the ability to set gamma correction. Try the -gamma flag to startx (check the X manpage for more information). -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] monitor brightnes
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Omar RodrÃguez wrote: > does any one know of a program to set the monitor brightnes higher > > my problem is a simple one > > i have a voodoo 3 3000 on my pc and got it to work, > the thing is that when i run games (unreal tournament) the picture looks > way too dark, ive seen UT run on other linux machines and it looked really good > with a voodoo 3 card > > any suggestions? Can't you change that from within the game? HTH Flupke > > thanks in advance > >
Re: [newbie] Monitor?
> powerdiver1000 wrote: > > Having problem setting up Monitor, I think thats why when it promps me > to start program it goes thru this long list of things then my Monitor > light turns amber & nothing else happens. Any help would be > appreciated. Thanks Dewain Narron 757-866-0301 Nothing is wrong with the monitor. I never had this on Mandrake, but did when I tried Red Hat 6.1. Then it was that it couldn't find the video card properly. Try pressing one of the keys on the keyboard that don't do anything by themselves. Like Alt or Control or a Win key. See if it wakes up the monitor so you can continue.
Re: [newbie] Monitor problems
Sven Magnus wrote: > > Hi guys!! > > I've installed Mandrake without any problems, my monitor (AOC Spectrum 4Vn) > is even in the hardware list, but the problem is the driver doesn't work > right. In the test screen it's OK (because nothing's moving) but when I use > KDE and I move a window or something, it leaves traces that make a mess of > my screen and make it unusable ;-( > > Who can help me?!? > > Thanks!! What video card do you have and what driver did you pick? You might want totry another resolution. I had this problem with the drivers supplied in 6.1 for the Banshee 3D. I downloaded the Creative version of them and don't have the "sprinkles" with this.
Re: [newbie] Monitor Configuration
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Joe Brault wrote: | Hello again | | I have a question for you all. I recently did a dual boot on my Gateway | Solo laptop with Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 6.5. I had an easy time | installiing the operating system, however, I need to change my monitor | settings. Is there an easy command to use for this? I can see my screen, | but it is quite large as is now... Thanks in advance as always! | | Joe :) | __ | Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com "Xconfigurator" (without the quotes) from a command line. HTH, Ernie
Re: [newbie] Monitor Configuration
As root type the following at a command prompt: XConfigurator FWIW - I was extremely nervous to change my settings. If I messed up the settings and couldn't read the screen, the OS would be worthless. The above command lets you test the settings before applying them. As a newbie, this one is a piece of cake. HTH, Matt >From: "Joe Brault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [newbie] Monitor Configuration >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:41:53 GMT > >Hello again > > I have a question for you all. I recently did a dual boot on my Gateway >Solo laptop with Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 6.5. I had an easy time >installiing the operating system, however, I need to change my monitor >settings. Is there an easy command to use for this? I can see my screen, >but it is quite large as is now... Thanks in advance as always! > >Joe :) >__ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor Configuration
... maybe. Xconfigurator does an okay job, but the last time I used it (Mandrake 6.0, I think) it would not set the DefaultColorDepth line even if you did not pick a resolution for a color depth other than 8-bit. if you have XF86Setup installed, that may work better. If not, then you'll have to (gasp!) edit an ASCII config file by hand. Depending on what monitor settings you want to change, though, xvidtune may the utility for you. It's hard to say; you weren't very verbose in your e-mail. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Joe Brault wrote: > I have a question for you all. I recently did a dual boot on my Gateway > Solo laptop with Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 6.5. I had an easy time > installiing the operating system, however, I need to change my monitor > settings. Is there an easy command to use for this? I can see my screen, > but it is quite large as is now... Thanks in advance as always!
Re: [newbie] Monitor specs
Tthanks to you all. It was very helpful (and I'm going to install a different monitor: turns out that this one is a rarity :-) Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, M Thompson wrote: > > > I hope I'm not banned from the list for saying this, but... > > > > Check out www.winfiles.com and go to the drivers section to see if you can > > dig up anything. > > > > > > Matt > > I think he may have ment www.windrivers.com > > > >From: Dan Schaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: [newbie] Monitor specs > > >Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 08:15:03 -0500 > > > > > >Does anyone have a recommendation for a site that contains specs for > > >various monitors? I have a Victor VM-240 without the users manual and no > > >specs on the backplate. Victor (In Fort Worth, Texas, USA) doesn't seem > > >to have a web site and the only specs I can find are for a 220 (and they > > >are advertised on a commercial site that wants $45 for them!!) > > > > > >Thanks for any recommendations. > > > > > >-- > > >"Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a > > >person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a > > >newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive there's something wrong with > > >him." - Art Buchwald > > > > __ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > -- > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ > --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Monitor specs
> >Does anyone have a recommendation for a site that contains specs for > >various monitors? There's a large DB to search at: http://www.griffintechnology.com/monitor.html >>I have a Victor VM-240 without the users manual and no>specs on Unfortunately I didn't see that one. I'd just select somethin conservative like 'monitor that will do 1280x1024, 60hz' (for a 17"). The URL above has my old Magitronic (NEC clone) and they're out'a business. Even tho I had all the specs, I had to lower my settings after a week or so when the monitor started that dreaded high pitch whine. I believe there's a lot of manufacturer's that overstate their specs, so you're better off goin a little lower anyhow. -- .. Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [newbie] Monitor specs
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, M Thompson wrote: > I hope I'm not banned from the list for saying this, but... > > Check out www.winfiles.com and go to the drivers section to see if you can > dig up anything. > > > Matt I think he may have ment www.windrivers.com > >From: Dan Schaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [newbie] Monitor specs > >Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 08:15:03 -0500 > > > >Does anyone have a recommendation for a site that contains specs for > >various monitors? I have a Victor VM-240 without the users manual and no > >specs on the backplate. Victor (In Fort Worth, Texas, USA) doesn't seem > >to have a web site and the only specs I can find are for a 220 (and they > >are advertised on a commercial site that wants $45 for them!!) > > > >Thanks for any recommendations. > > > >-- > >"Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a > >person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a > >newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive there's something wrong with > >him." - Art Buchwald > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Monitor specs
I hope I'm not banned from the list for saying this, but... Check out www.winfiles.com and go to the drivers section to see if you can dig up anything. Matt >From: Dan Schaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [newbie] Monitor specs >Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 08:15:03 -0500 > >Does anyone have a recommendation for a site that contains specs for >various monitors? I have a Victor VM-240 without the users manual and no >specs on the backplate. Victor (In Fort Worth, Texas, USA) doesn't seem >to have a web site and the only specs I can find are for a 220 (and they >are advertised on a commercial site that wants $45 for them!!) > >Thanks for any recommendations. > >-- >"Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a >person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a >newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive there's something wrong with >him." - Art Buchwald __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote: >Also, if Web > Pages are being rendered in a tiny unreadable font, is it a problem with X, > fonts, or what? TIA... > rendered by what program? Netscape? KFM? another browser? If its Netscape, it may be as simple as changing the character encoding -- look in your Netscape view menu. > Gregg -- -- Keith Robinson
Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
>Run XF86config. Lets you set the resolution with several options. For >example, selecting 543 should have it try to run at 1024 X 768 first and go >down in resolution if necessary. You can also st it so it won't make the >screen so large you have to scroll off the edges. You should know your >monitor verticle and horizontal refresh rates and the capabilities of your >video card if it isn't listed on the list before running the program. Excuse me, but what is "st it"? I want my screen not so large I have to scroll around. How can I make my K desktop fit on my screen? Also, if Web Pages are being rendered in a tiny unreadable font, is it a problem with X, fonts, or what? TIA... Gregg
RE: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
Run XF86config. Lets you set the resolution with several options. For example, selecting 543 should have it try to run at 1024 X 768 first and go down in resolution if necessary. You can also st it so it won't make the screen so large you have to scroll off the edges. You should know your monitor verticle and horizontal refresh rates and the capabilities of your video card if it isn't listed on the list before running the program. >From: "Gilles Lahaie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings >Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:11:55 -0500 > >Help! > >I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. >Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution >to something around 1280x1024. >When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with the >screen moved to the right... and screen is larger than the monitor. >What should I do??? >Thanks Here is a useful link for info on editing the XF86Config file: http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/ I had the same problem with too high a resolution and the icons being too small to read. Using Mandrake 6.1, the system would not recognize my Matrox G400 video card, so, I DL'd the XFree update (3.3.5) extracted and attempted to install it. Could not get it to work, so bought the Mandrake 6.5 (with 3.3.5 included). The install went fine except for my mistake of telling it to configure resolution at the highest thinking I could Cntrl-Alt-KP+/- to change it. That didn't work. Editing the XF86Config file is the best way to configure it (IMHO). The file defaults to the first resolution listed in the Display area for your server, and it will start up in that resolution. I edited every listing in the "Display" area (cause I wasn't sure at that point which 'server' was being used) to only list the resolutions I might possibly want, from highest to lowest, excluding the lowest of 640x480, as you found out it is too large to fit on a screen. That file is usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11. You can use the command: vi XF86Config to edit it from a terminal. A final note: During the editing you can change the Virtual setting to 0, not using that feature, especially since it uses more memory. A final useful link: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/xwin/xset.html HTH,
Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
> Gilles Lahaie wrote: > > Help! > > I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. > Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default > resolution to something around 1280x1024. > When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with > the screen moved to the right... and screen is larger than the > monitor. > What should I do??? > Thanks When you run Xconfigurator you will be told the default resolution, somewhere in there you get the opportunity to choose. At that point go in and set the resolution for what you want it to be. Jim
Re: [newbie] Monitor resolution settings
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > Help! > > I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768. > Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution to >something around 1280x1024. > When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with the screen >moved to the right... and screen is larger than the monitor. > What should I do??? > Thanks > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Please ditch the html. it's hard to read and not as pretty under KMail as I'm sure it is under Outlook Express. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Monitor Setup Program Used During Installation - How to find it & run?
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote: > How do you get back to that program that helped setup the monitor? It had that >visual test to see what your settings would look > like before you accept it. > > Seve > boot to console mode (at LILO type "linux 3") and then type "setup" and select "x configuration" John
Re: [newbie] Monitor Setup Program Used During Installation - How to find it & run?
use Xconfigurator from a prompt or XF86Setup matt
