Re: Monitor Out of Range Error with xf86
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 <c_wakefield@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 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-xfree86 This method is a little more up to date I
> believe. (as opposed to xf86config).
>
> unless you are using Xorg instead of xfree86, in which case I wouldn't know
> what to suggest.
>
> Chris W.
>
> On March 13, 2005 06:45 pm, Patrick Carlson wrote:
> > 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 everything seems correct. I can't seem to
> > figure out what the problem is. Everything works great with my other
> > monitor. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.
> > Thank you!
> >
> > -Patrick
>
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