Re: monitor detection maybe not working

[Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com>]

On 07/01/2011 02:25 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote:
> Paul Scott<waterhorse@ultrasw.com>  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running sid.
> >
> > My monitor stopped going to the correct resolution some upgrades ago.  I
> > have an
> >
> > nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3).
> >
> > I'm researching many things from this list etc. to attempt to solve the problem but one concern is that I don't think my monitor is being detected correctly.  ddcprobe seems to give the correct info but I don't think this info is being used.
> What does
>
> xrandr
>
> output? Is your monitor correctly listed? What happens when you try

(after stopping gdm3)  I get "can't open display"

Thanks,

Paul


> xrandr --output<Your output>  --auto
>
> or
>
> xrandr --output<Your output>  --mode<Your resolution>
>
> What is the ‘correct’ resolution of your monitor?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Claudius


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Paul Scott
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Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra