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j0hnr

Member

Registered: 2010-01-22

Posts: 19

monitor help

hay there archers just having a small problem with installing my lcd monitor
well its a AOC (2236) 22inch and seems nvividia is picking it up as a crt
any help will be greatfull heres a screenshot what i see

link to larger pic http://omploader.org/vNHRlMQ

my xorg.conf :
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 256.35  (buildmeister@builder97.nvidia.com)  Wed Jun 16 19:15:05 PDT 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     ""
    ModelName      ""
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Last edited by j0hnr (2010-07-02 14:40:20)

litemotiv

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: monitor help

do you have it hooked up with an analog vga cable perhaps?

apart from nvidia labelling it as a crt, do you actually experience any problems with it?

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j0hnr

Member

Registered: 2010-01-22

Posts: 19

Re: monitor help

it goes a bit jerky but if i put it on a smaller screensize it works nice.
well it worked perfect on windows but just after the change on it not that good,
i tried a few live cds mint ubuntu all picked it up no problem

litemotiv

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: monitor help

it goes a bit jerky but if i put it on a smaller screensize it works nice.
well it worked perfect on windows but just after the change on it not that good,
i tried a few live cds mint ubuntu all picked it up no problem

you mean it wasn't jerky on ubuntu?

there should be no difference between the nvidia driver on ubuntu and arch (the latter probably is a bit newer). also how the monitor is detected shouldn't make it jerky, possibly only fuzzy or distorted. if the resolution is right and the image is clear it's usually not a problem if the driver labels it wrong.

if you have multiple outputs on your videocard, you could try the other connection to see if that influences the detection. you also didn't tell if you were using a vga or a dvi/hdmi cable?

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