From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 12 19:09:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F079616A40F for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:09:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from alnrmhc11.comcast.net (alnrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.225.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFAE43D5F for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:09:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from freebsd (failure[199.20.118.150]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc11) with SMTP id <20060912190934b11009qscoe>; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:09:34 +0000 From: "Bob M." To: Joel Adamson In-Reply-To: <20060912142554.75018.qmail@web50412.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060912142554.75018.qmail@web50412.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:10:54 -0400 Message-Id: <1158088254.6767.30.camel@freebsd> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flatscreen Monitor Specifications X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob.middaugh@comcast.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:09:42 -0000 On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 07:25 -0700, Joel Adamson wrote: > Howdy Y'all, > > I am planning to install FreeBSD this weekend and I am doing a hardware inventory. I have a fairly new computer (bought brand new a year ago: Dell something-or-other 5100C), with a flatscreen monitor and USB everything. I looked for my monitor specifications last night and have found nothing resembling the 35Hz, 800x600 stuff that is discussed in the handbook. this would make sense, of course,... > > All I've found in Windows Device Manager is something like "Intel 42985G Chipset". > > Whenever I've tried liveCDs (FreesBie, various linuces), they have all picked out the monitor just fine (and most everything else). I just want to cover my bases, in case I end up with a flickering screen, I want to be able to do something about it. > > Do you have any suggestions for where I should look for any monitor specifications? What do I enter when I do my X configuration? > > Thanks, > Joel > > > Joel J. Adamson > Arlington, MA > Assuming you have a dell monitor, have you tried looking it up on http://support.dell.com ? Most likely, you could even google it. My DELL 1901FP, came up when I googled it. Just worry about the horizontal and vertical synch/refresh rates for now, if they're wrong you can fry it. This is mine: Section "Monitor" Identifier "DELL 1901FP" HorizSync 30-80 VertRefresh 56-76 ModeLine "1024x768i" 45 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 Interlace EndSection That's the minimum for monitor, I believe, mine works great anyway. This is my "Screen" section for that monitor: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "i810" Monitor "DELL 1901FP" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" Option "rgb bits" "8" Visual "StaticColor" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection Bob