Re: Monitor Out of Range Error with xf86

2005-03-17 Thread Patrick Flaherty
so i found http://support.gateway.com/support/manlib/cmponts/Monitors/8506484/06484.htm which seems sorta craptastic, as i'm not sure if there are several different rebranded monitors in this series. try making sure in your XF86Config-4's Monitor Section you have VertRefresh 50-160

Re: Monitor Out of Range Error with xf86

2005-03-14 Thread Patrick Carlson
Wow! dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 did it! That was so much easier than what I was using. Thank you very much Chris! You're a life saver! -Patrick On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:18:03 -0800, Chris Wakefield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Patrick. > > Post the output of: > > # cat /etc/X11/XF86

Re: Monitor Out of Range Error with xf86

2005-03-13 Thread Chris Wakefield
Hi Patrick. Post the output of: # cat /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so we can see your config file. also post your video card model and information (just for fun & just in case): :~$ lspci|grep VGA or just: :~$ lspci Also, meanwhile try using: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86This method is a lit

Monitor Out of Range Error with xf86

2005-03-13 Thread Patrick Carlson
Hello. I brought my AMD64 system home over spring break and I'm trying to configure it for another monitor. Whenever I try to configure with xf86config, and startx, it the monitor goes gray with wavey lines and says "out of range". I looked up the properties on my gateway EV900 monitor and every