X windows sycrate calculator

John W wisdom04@home.com
Sat, 7 Oct 2000 09:10:33 -0700


I did enter the sync rates explicitly due to the fact that is the way
my manual lists them and when trying a range as 31.5-56.6 I could not
get X to work at all. I do have an 800x600 display now using the
calculator. I can see everything without straining my eyes which is a
relief.
I looked at the modelines you made for me and they were in the xconfig
file but I wasn't able to get a working 800x600 resolution. I
appreciate your help and time offered.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <jkenner@mindspring.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 3:11 AM
Subject: Re: X windows sycrate calculator


> John Wheat wrote:
> >
> >  I found this site the other and used it to calculate a modeline
for
> > 800x600 resolution that I could not get to work.(Thanks for your
help
> > Jason). www.hut.fi/misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html. Irecall
one of
> > the other users having problems getting a 1024x768 display maybe
this will
> > help!
>
> Ive thought about it some, and I recall you defined your supported
> horizontal sync rates explicitly, rather than in ranges.
>
> Say you have support for a 35.1KHz sync. Try replacing that with
> support for a range of 34.7KHz to 35.5Khz. X may be rejecting
> modelines because the horizontal rate isnt correct.
>
> As root, from console, with no X running, do the following:
>
> X &> X-Output.txt & sleep 60 ; sync ; kill `ps a | grep -v grep |
grep
> X`
>
> Examine X-Output.txt after a minute or so has gone by (or for the
> impatient, use ctrl-alt-f1 to get back to text). The reason for
> modelines being rejected should be listed in plaintext english.
>
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