[Solved] Help with new monitor.

skwid · 2009-11-04 13:37:29

Hey there. I recently got a new widescreen monitor. It's a samsung Syncmaster 943BWX, and I am having some trouble
getting the best picture quality out of it. It's native res is 1440x900, and I've got the resolution settings correct but the monitor
config in the xorg.conf still shows what I suspect was the old dell monitor config.

I've ran Xorg -configure to re-create a new xorg file and it doesn't detect the monitor. I've also checked the V-sync and H-Sync ranges in the xorg.conf file and they seem to be ok. The monitor just doesn't look that crisp...

Any help would be appreciated.

J

..... I just ended up dropping a new video card in with DVI and bam.... Looks perfect automagically now. -Thanks Everyone!

Last edited by skwid (2009-11-04 20:57:39)

Square · 2009-11-04 15:32:01

Ouput of xrandr? (Just to be sure you're getting the correct resolution and not a stretched image of another resolution.)

Also, out of curiosity, what video card do you have?

skwid · 2009-11-04 16:31:44

Thanks for repsonding. This is driving me nuts. I can't seem to get it dialed in just right. It's fuzzy and off the screen. If I press the auto adjust button on the monitor it just makes it worse....

xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    DisplaySize    410   256
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "SAMSUNG"
    ModelName    "SAMSUNG 943BWX"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
    Option        "DPMS"
    Modeline "1440x900_60.00" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"                # [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"          # <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"                # <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"                # <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"             # <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"       # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"           # <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"              # <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"            # <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"        # [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"              # [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"       # <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"              # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"            # <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"          # [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"          # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"            # <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"         # <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"             # <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation
    BoardName   "82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1440x900_60.00"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

gtf 1440 900 60 output

# 1440x900 @ 60.00 Hz  (GTF)  hsync:  55.92 kHz;  pclk:  106.47MHz
Modeline "1440x900_60.00"  106.47  1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932  -HSync + Vsync

lspci | grep VGA output

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller:  Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

xrandr output

Screen 0:  minimum 320x200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 2048 x 2048
VGA connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)  428mm x 255mm

rusty99 · 2009-11-04 17:37:14

Sounds like you need to play with Coarse, Fine and Sharpness in the monitor menu.

skwid · 2009-11-04 18:42:14

I've played with that quite a bit and it still looks like crap. Is that because I am plugged in with analog and not the DVI? Will that make any difference?

rusty99 · 2009-11-04 19:14:47

Pretty sure coarse + fine adjustments are analog connection only. My old monitor which had dvi + vga connections was great on dvi and terrible on vga no matter how much I tweaked.
I'd try the dvi connection and see if magically fixes everything.

skwid · 2009-11-04 19:18:31

Hmm... My pc doesn't have DVI, but I can probably get another video card for it. I'll give that a shot.

Thanks for the help.

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#1 2009-11-04 13:37:29

[Solved] Help with new monitor.

#2 2009-11-04 15:32:01

Re: [Solved] Help with new monitor.

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