[clue-tech] Display problem

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On 5/15/06, Matt Atkins <matthewsatkins at msn.com> wrote:
> I hope that this isn't a stupid question, but I am so new to Linux that I'm
> not even sure what a stupid question is quite yet.  I just got Suse 10
> installed.  I am using a Dell 19" flat screen monitor, and as soon as I
> chose the OS to boot, the monitor tells me that it "Cannot display this
> video mode."  I'm sure that this error is coming from the monitor and not
> the OS, but I can't even change any of the monitor settings.

It sounds like SUSE has chosen frequencies that your monitor doesn't
like. Doesn't SUSE offer a "safe mode" boot option? (It's been a while
since I installed SUSE...) If so, you might try booting into that and
running SaX2 to reconfigure the monitor settings -- or edit
/etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace the horizontal and vertical refresh
rates with ones better suited to your monitor.

Look for these lines:

HorizSync
VertRefresh

Your monitor's documentation should include the optimal horizontal and
vertical refresh rates. Just replace those and then start X and it
should be OK.

Best,

Zonker
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