[Monitor Problem]

Sanjay Vohra sv47 at mail.gatech.edu
Mon Jun 25 10:42:51 CDT 2007


Hi Roger,
It seems to be working, the entire screen is being used now. I hope
these specs keep the monitor within optimal range of operation
without messing up anything.

Thanks for the help.

sv

Quoting Rogelio_Noriega at Dell.com:

> Sanjay,
>
> 	In the Section "Screen" of /etc/X11/xorg.conf manually add
> 1680x1050, also look for the horizontal and vertical refresh rates
> and
> change them to 76 Hz for the vertical and 81 kHz for horizontal
> restart
> Xwindows. If this doesn't help please attach your xorg.conf file
> with
> your reply.
>
> Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20-inch specs can be found here:
> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?
c=us&l=en&s=biz&cs
> =555&sku=2007W4Y
>
> Thanks Roger
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-precision-bounces at dell.com
> [mailto:linux-precision-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Sanjay Vohra
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 6:43 PM
> To: linux-precision-Lists
> Subject: [Monitor Problem]
>
> Our lab has a 390n Precision with Redhat Enterprise WS 4 on it and
> an
> nvidia FX550 card. The monitor is a Dell 2007 WFP.
> The monitor has a maybe 1.5 in strip to the left that it does not
> cover
> i.e. it remains black. What do I do to make the monitor show the
> entire
> picture?
>
> The resolution for the monitor is 1680x1050 and the default file in
> /sys/share/hwdata/MonitorsDB does not list this particular monitor.
> I
> also don't know how the graphic card is supposed to fit into the
> picture, when I looked at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log the part about
> the
> graphic card starts with 1400x1050 and goes down from there. So do
> I
> need a different graphic card?
>
> Why on earth does Dell sell stuff that is not properly configured?
>
> Any help to make my setup work will be appreciated.
>
> Thanyou
>
>
>
> --
> Sanjay Vohra
> sv47 at mail.gatech.edu
> 404-894-8528
>
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Sanjay Vohra
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404-894-8528



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