Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-26 Thread Carl Cerecke
And thanks Volker for an excellent example of how to report a solution to a problem in such a way so that google will index it in order that anybody that has the same problem and asks google a half-sensible question will get your answer and save themselves the troubles you've had both finding a so

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-26 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Thanks Nick for a spot-on analysis of the current state of affairs. Yes I could hook up some kit to the signal lines and just measure the frequencies, but the tradeoff between that effort and needing to know that answer currently speaks against it. Besides it doesn't solve the problem for "next ti

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:20:33 +1200 Ross Drummond wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:01, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Monday 26 June 2006 22:29, Nick Rout wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:17:12 +1200 > > > > > > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:05:16 +1

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-26 Thread Ross Drummond
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:01, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Monday 26 June 2006 22:29, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:17:12 +1200 > > > > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:05:16 +1200 > > > > > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah ye

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-26 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Monday 26 June 2006 22:29, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:17:12 +1200 > > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:05:16 +1200 > > > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday 26 June 2006 15:21, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > OSD??? >

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-26 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:17:12 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:05:16 +1200 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday 26 June 2006 15:21, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > OSD??? > > On Screen Display. > > > > -- > > CS > It was a suggestio

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-26 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:05:16 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 26 June 2006 15:21, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > OSD??? > On Screen Display. > > -- > CS It was a suggestion (:

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Monday 26 June 2006 15:21, Steve Holdoway wrote: > OSD??? On Screen Display. -- CS

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread Andrew Errington
> "what is the monitor running with right now". I'm not running X with a monitor you insensitive clod. Actually, I am running X in a VNC session. It isn't connected to a monitor at all. It is only visible when I run a VNC client on another machine. I suppose that really means that X is not re

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread John Carter
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: the question was "what is the monitor running with right now". su cd /var/log xwininfo -root xwininfo -root xwininfo: Window id: 0x44 (the root window) (has no name) Absolute upper-left X: 0 Absolute upper-left Y: 0 Relative upper-left X:

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:15:23 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The hardware detection utility on the System Rescue CD should be able to > > deliver the info. > > You misunderstood as well. The question was not "what is this monitor > capable of" (you can only find this out aut

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> The hardware detection utility on the System Rescue CD should be able to > deliver the info. You misunderstood as well. The question was not "what is this monitor capable of" (you can only find this out automatically if the monitor supports DDC(sp)), the question was "what is the monitor runnin

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread Philip Charles
On Monday 26 June 2006 13:47, John Carter wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > How can I determine the actually running monitor frequencies? The > > monitor(s) doesn't show it in some menu place. > > I'm a bit late on this one, but isn't it fairly simply calculable from > your r

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I'm a bit late on this one, but isn't it fairly simply calculable from > your resolution & refresh rate. > > hsync = refresh rate / number of lines > > vsync == refresh rate > > dot clock ~ ((N cols +some smallish overshoot) * M rows + smallish sweep > back time) > * refresh rate

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-25 Thread John Carter
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: How can I determine the actually running monitor frequencies? The monitor(s) doesn't show it in some menu place. I'm a bit late on this one, but isn't it fairly simply calculable from your resolution & refresh rate. hsync = refresh rate / number of

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-16 Thread Steve Holdoway
xvidtune works, but displays the message 'Video modes are not settable on this chip' on my FX 5200 nvidia atx card (FC4), but does work as normal on the server, which has an onboard, much newer nvidia controller (ubuntu) described as a C51 pci-x. Steve On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:02:49 +1200 Nick R

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:10:18 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? > > Good thinking. Shows quite a few things (depending on the driver used), > but not what I'm looking for. > > Googling shows that this is more widespread, but I didn't see anyone > m

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Is it in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Good thinking. Shows quite a few things (depending on the driver used), but not what I'm looking for. Googling shows that this is more widespread, but I didn't see anyone mentioning the actual cause and how to fix it. Looks to me like it's caused by something outsi

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/xorg co xc/programs/xvidtune xmkmf -a make ./xvidtune Please install the program before using Exit 3 make -k install install -c -m 0444 Xvidtune.ad /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xvidtune install: cannot remove `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xvidtune':

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Nick Rout
Is it in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? or does that only show the detected range? PS is xvidtune another casualty of SuSE's beta policy? /me ducks for cover On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:31:42 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > I use the vendors website. > > Which would of course tell me what my monitor is c

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:32:52 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry... bit of word blindness on my part. > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:31:42 +1200 > Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I use the vendors website. > > > > Which would of course tell me what my monitor

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
Sorry... bit of word blindness on my part. On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:31:42 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use the vendors website. > > Which would of course tell me what my monitor is currently running at... > > The manual tells me what the allowable frequency range is. Not

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I use the vendors website. Which would of course tell me what my monitor is currently running at... The manual tells me what the allowable frequency range is. Not the same as what it is actually running at. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http:

Re: How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
I use the vendors website. On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:17:24 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I determine the actually running monitor frequencies? The > monitor(s) doesn't show it in some menu place. > > xvidtune reliably showed this in the past, but it stopped working and

How to determine monitor frequencies?

2006-06-15 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
How can I determine the actually running monitor frequencies? The monitor(s) doesn't show it in some menu place. xvidtune reliably showed this in the past, but it stopped working and now only gives "Please install the program before using". Neither strace nor google tell me anything to get it work