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by **Dawnmis** » Mon, 25 Dec 2000 15:06:17

Hi,
I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems with the
X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for my
monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the width of
the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In setting
those sync rates myself, the problem went away.

I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am having the
same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the section
where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm currently using
an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card with 4Mb
memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the MonitorDB
config file for the monitor:
LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have the
strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to be
actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable of sizes
up to 1024x768.

I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" - can
anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it uses
the screen properly?

Thankyou!
Dawnmist
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by **Texsta** » Mon, 25 Dec 2000 19:00:54

You can manually edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 File or you can try using
xvidtune to adjust you monitor. There is a little tut*at:

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Cheers!

> Hi,
> I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems with
> the X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for my
> monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the width
> of the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In
> setting those sync rates myself, the problem went away.

> I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am having the
> same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the section
> where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm currently
> using an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card
> with 4Mb memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the
> MonitorDB config file for the monitor:
> LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
> and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have the
> strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to be
> actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable of sizes
> up to 1024x768.

> I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" - can
> anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it uses
> the screen properly?

> Thankyou!
> Dawnmist
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by **Eric en Joland** » Mon, 25 Dec 2000 20:18:08

Quote:> Hi,
> I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems with
the
> X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for my
> monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the width
of
> the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In
setting
> those sync rates myself, the problem went away.

> I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am having the
> same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the section
> where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm currently
using
> an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card with 4Mb
> memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the
MonitorDB
> config file for the monitor:
> LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
> and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have the
> strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to be
> actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable of sizes
> up to 1024x768.

> I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" - can
> anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it uses
> the screen properly?

Any problems with X can easily be solved by manuall adjusting XF86Config.
This file is usually found in /etc/X11. If you don't like to do this
manually, run xf86config from a console

Eric

by **Don Hin** » Fri, 29 Dec 2000 23:01:47

There is a new released Linux kernel this month with a lot of fixes, I saw
quite a few graphics ones in the list.

Don

Quote:>Hi,
>I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems with the
>X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for my
>monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the width of
>the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In setting
>those sync rates myself, the problem went away.

>I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am having the
>same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the section
>where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm currently using
>an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card with
4Mb
>memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the MonitorDB
>config file for the monitor:
>LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
>and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have the
>strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to be
>actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable of sizes
>up to 1024x768.

>I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" - can
>anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it uses
>the screen properly?

>Thankyou!
>Dawnmist
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by **larr** » Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:58:42

> There is a new released Linux kernel this month with a lot of fixes, I saw
> quite a few graphics ones in the list.

> Don

> >Hi,
> >I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems with
> >the X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for my
> >monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the width
> >of the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In
> >setting those sync rates myself, the problem went away.

> >I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am having the
> >same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the section
> >where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm currently
> >using an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card
> >with
> 4Mb
> >memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the
> >MonitorDB config file for the monitor:
> >LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
> >and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have the
> >strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to be
> >actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable of
> >sizes up to 1024x768.

> >I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" - can
> >anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it uses
> >the screen properly?

> >Thankyou!
> >Dawnmist
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Did you try xvidtune from the console? I am running 7.2 and can set it all
with that prog.
Try it!
larry

by **Don Hin** » Thu, 04 Jan 2001 05:05:31

Will it run out of the console? Kde is 8 vertical bars and Gnome quickly goes
'bad' and I cannot do anything in it.

Don

Quote:>Did you try xvidtune from the console? I am running 7.2 and can set it all
>with that prog.
>Try it!
>larry

by **willdun..** » Sun, 21 Jan 2001 07:01:21

I'm running into the same screen problem. It's an LG LCD monitor on a
Sager 6650 Laptop. Even using xvidtune was no help. IT COULDN'T
ADJUST FAR ENOUGH to fix the problem. Does anybody know where to get
freq. setting for the LG LCD monitors? I have no idea which model LCD
monitor it is. This is VERY frustrating!!

- D.

Quote:> There is a new released Linux kernel this month with a lot of fixes,
I saw
> quite a few graphics ones in the list.

> Don

> >Hi,
> >I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems
with the
> >X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for
my
> >monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the
width of
> >the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In
setting
> >those sync rates myself, the problem went away.

> >I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am
having the
> >same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the
section
> >where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm
currently using
> >an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card
with
> 4Mb
> >memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the
MonitorDB
> >config file for the monitor:
> >LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
> >and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have the
> >strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to
be
> >actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable of
sizes
> >up to 1024x768.

> >I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" -
can
> >anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it
uses
> >the screen properly?

> >Thankyou!
> >Dawnmist
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by **willdun..** » Wed, 24 Jan 2001 05:03:30

Installed XFree86 4.0.2 today.
Fixed the problem & the resolution is now great!!!

- D.

> I'm running into the same screen problem. It's an LG LCD monitor on a
> Sager 6650 Laptop. Even using xvidtune was no help. IT COULDN'T
> ADJUST FAR ENOUGH to fix the problem. Does anybody know where to get
> freq. setting for the LG LCD monitors? I have no idea which model LCD
> monitor it is. This is VERY frustrating!!

> - D.

> > There is a new released Linux kernel this month with a lot of fixes,
> I saw
> > quite a few graphics ones in the list.

> > Don

> > >Hi,
> > >I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems
> with the
> > >X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for
> my
> > >monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the
> width of
> > >the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In
> setting
> > >those sync rates myself, the problem went away.

> > >I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am
> having the
> > >same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the
> section
> > >where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm
> currently using
> > >an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card
> with
> > 4Mb
> > >memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the
> MonitorDB
> > >config file for the monitor:
> > >LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
> > >and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have
the
> > >strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to
> be
> > >actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable
of
> sizes
> > >up to 1024x768.

> > >I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" -
> can
> > >anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it
> uses
> > >the screen properly?

> > >Thankyou!
> > >Dawnmist
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