Brett Tyre wrote:
> Correction: the monitor is made by Lite-On, model number is A1770NSL.
>
> Brett Tyre wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestions; I gave this a try. I also set the hsync
>> to 31.0-64.3 (Monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 60Hz) and I still get
>> the same result.
>>
>> It probably doesn't help that I don't have a manual for my monitor and
>> can't seem to find specs on it. (It is an "Xtreme Professional
>> Display", I think made by KDS).
>>
>> BenneJezzerette wrote:
>>
>>> Brett Tyre wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I've been trying this for a few weeks now. I've got an original ATI
>>>> Radeon (64mb SDR) and I'm running Slackware 10.1 I can get a
>>>> command prompt, and I've played around with the xorg.conf, but no
>>>> matter what, startx always brings up a blank screen from which I
>>>> can't escape. Even the menu button on the monitor doesn't bring up
>>>> anything. I have to ctrl-alt-del to restart the system.
>>>>
>>>> I tried on FreeBSD, and while X Window still won't start, it at
>>>> least boots me back to the command prompt with the following errors:
>>>>
>>>> Caught signal 11. Server aborting.
>>>> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
>>>> xauth: (argv):1: bad disaply name ":0" in "remove" command
>>>>
>>>> Anyone able to help me? I'm about to give up on *nix systems until
>>>> I can get a different video card to try.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello, if you have this problem it is with your video, also to get
>>> out of the XWindow control backspace. This works. Now this is
>>> something I ran across and you can use this and it should work
>>> without a problem. type at the command prompt, xorgsetup. Let it set
>>> your display by it's self as it will probe your card and display. I
>>> have an idea why you have had some problems, You were trying to get
>>> 1024x768 24 bit color. You did not set your display correctly. Doing
>>> this will crash XWindows. The fix is setting the verticle synch, or
>>> virticle refresh to 50-120, this will give you 1024x768. Or run
>>> xorgconf and walk though the steps but the xorgsetup seems to fix
>>> this problem automatically. Hope this helps.


Then use the 50-120 as thta is pretty generic to all displays for
1280x1024, using the xorgsetup at the command line works to the fullest
your display can do.