ViewSonic VA2012wb

[Eric "Shubes"]

Carl Parrish wrote:
> Eric "Shubes" wrote:
>> Just wanted to follow up on this for posterity.
>>
>> I ended up with the eVGA GeForce 6200 with subject monitor.
>>
>> First problem was that my power supply (300w, stated miniumum) didn't
>> have enough amps on the 12v rail (15a, needed 18a). EVGA technician
>> was extremely helpful diagnosing this, and I give high marks to
>> everyone on their support staff that I talked with. I bought a
>> UltraXFinity 500W PS from Fry's ($70 w/ $50 MIR), and they work fine
>> together.
>>
>> Next hurdle was the configuring X. Thanks to Carl's xorg.conf
>> settings, this was a breeze. Until I discovered that I couldn't adjust
>> the resolution to my liking. It seemed like it just wouldn't take the
>> specified resolutions. Then
>> I realized that the specified driver was (the generic) 'vesa'. After
>> googling a bit, I found that the nvidia driver is named 'nv'. When I
>> changed that, voila. Everything was worked well.
>>
>> This was on FC5. The bottom bar was a little beyond the bottom of the
>> display, so I selected the "Auto Image Adjust" function on the monitor
>> menu, and it straightened right up. Cool.
>>
>> Then I tried Ubuntu 5.10. Same X config settings I used in FC5. Two
>> problems:
>> 1) the bottom bar was off the screen, and I couldn't make it right.
>> AIA monitor function didn't fix it, and there's no manual vertical
>> size adjustment, only vertical position. This left me at a loss.
>> 2) the fonts on Ubuntu were very fuzzy. I noticed that Ubunto's X
>> configuration specifies various font files, while Fedora uses a font
>> server. Don't know if this changed in Ubuntu 6.06 or not, but I found
>> Ubuntu's fonts basically unusable at 1680x1050 (the monitor's
>> recommended resolution).
>>
>> Then I tried CentOS4.3. No nv driver on this distro. I didn't try to
>> bring it over from FC5. I was having other thoughts by now.
>>
>> I'm wondering at this point, why do I have 3 distros on my desktop
>> machine? Granted, it's kinda nice to be able to check out other
>> distros' config files on occasion, but is it worth it? I'm thinking,
>> what's the point? I have CentOS on my server, so I really don't need
>> it on my desktop any more. I have Ubuntu on my notebook (as well as
>> CentOS and that other one), so do I really need it on my desktop machine?
>>
>> I've concluded that it's not worth the effort, and that it's just not
>> productive. I'll leave the free space on my HD, and will probably use
>> it to try other distros as I get the itch. Otherwise, I'm settling on
>> FC5 for the time being.
>>
>> That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! ;)
>>
> Anyone else noticing that the DVI connection isn't working? I'm at a
> lost to what the problem is I've tried changing monitors (I ended up
> buying two VA2012wb, one on a computer that just has VGA). My graphic
> card has a DVI connection with a VGA converter using the converter works
> fine. so I don't think the problem is the graphics card. I've changed
> cords, that doesn't work. I have to assume its a xorg conf somewhere
> because if I stay in run level 3 DVI works fine. but as soon as I try to
> turn the GUI on I get *nothing* on the view screen. Even if I reboot. I
> don't remember exactly what drastic thing I had to do to reset it and
> get back to runlevel 3 but that would work. I can't really think of any
> reason why I *need* DVI but since my card supports it and the monitors
> are supposed to I feel like I should be using it. Also I've given up on
> multi distros on one computer as well. I was going to try to use Xen to
> get FC5 and openSuse 10.1 running on the same box. I ended up just
> running FC5 on my box and using FreeNX to run Suse 10.1 on my wife's so
> I can play with both from my desktop.

Thanks for the additional testing, Carl. My next step was going to be to try 
  a different monitor with DVI, but I don't think I'll go there from what 
you've said.

What card are you using? eVGA's tech support was very good. I wonder if 
they're good with X configs too. Might be worth a shot.

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-Eric 'shubes'