SOLUTION: Re: FC3: ViewSonic VX910 not found

[Richard Emberson]

Lon,

Thanks for responding.

What I ended up doing was to create an entry in the 
/usr/share/hwdata/MonitorsDB
file for my VX910:

ViewSonic; ViewSonic VX910; VS10162; 24-82; 50-85

The third entry was the model number (which may not be the EISA ID).
I then run the "system-config-display" command and choose the VX910.
Next I edit the /etc/X11/xorg.config file (actually the first time I 
restarted
X and got the message "Out of Range" on the screen) and change the line
from:

VertRefresh  50.0 - 85.0
and
Modes    "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"


to:

VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
and
Modes    "1280x1024"

(One could have changed the value in the MonitorsDB file, but it really 
is 85
and I guess my video card can not handle it).

Now I get 1280x1024.

Richard


To sum up, my /etc/X11/xorg/config file contains(plus other stuff):

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "ViewSonic"
        ModelName    "ViewSonic VX910"
        HorizSync    24.0 - 82.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24


        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection





Lon Hohberger wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 07:04 -0800, Richard Emberson wrote:
>  
>
>>I've got FC3 on a system with a ViewSonic VX910. When I configure
>>the display, it comes up with a VX900 and there is no VX910
>>listed in the list of supported displays. Trouble is, the
>>VX900 only goes upto 1152x864 where as the VX910 goes to
>>1280x1024.
>>
>>How can I instruct Fedora that I wish to have a 1280x1024 screen?
>>Is there an update available that also lists the ViewSonic
>>VX910?
>>    
>>
>
>
>Not sure about the update bit, but here are my monitor and screen
>sections of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>
>Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "ViewSonic"
>        ModelName    "VX910"
>        HorizSync    30.0 - 75.0
>        VertRefresh  59.0 - 61.0
>        Option      "dpms"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Videocard0"
>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>        DefaultDepth     24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     16
>                Modes    "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     24
>                Modes    "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
>        EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>-- Lon
>
>  
>