Re: Graphics Issue

From: Josef G. (ns_golojo_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:25:31 -0700

nikoli wrrecognizeikoli wrote:
>> Hello all. I've been having some weird issues with my monitor and
>> graphics card.
>>
>> 19" Sony Trinitron HMD a400
>> nvidia geforce ti 4200
>>
>> I've also got a dual boot between XP and Suse 9.1.
>>
>> The problem is a shaky screen at any resolution other than 1024 x 768 @
>> 60 Hz. A few days ago, this wasn't the case. I used to have it set to
>> 1024 x 768 @ 85 Hz. But I turned the monitor on one day and everything
>> was shaky. I'm thinking it might be a hardware problem because this
>> happened in windows too. But in windows I'm able to use 800 x 640 @ 85
>> Hz no problem. For some reason the nvidia drivers in linux don't allow
>> that as the screen is shaky at that resolution. I wouldn't complain but
>> the 60 Hz refresh rate sucks.
>>
>> I do have the real nvidia drivers installed. I posted on this topic on
>> the 9th in a thread called "Graphical System All Messed Up"... and I got
>> some advice to do 'sax2 -m 0=nvidia'. That seemed to do some good. After
>> doing that I was able to change resolution without the system crashing.
>>
>> Like I said, I suspect this might be a hardware issue, but I'm not
>> ruling out a driver issue either.
>>
>> p.s. there's more info in the "Graphical System All Messed Up" thread.
>> I just decided to spare you guys of a repost :)
>>
>> -nikoli
>
>
> Anybody there? If more details would help I'd be all for it!
>
> thanks
>
> -nikoli
How sax2 recognize this monitor? Does sax2 starts at all? 

-- 
Have a nice day, 8:)
Josef G.; Linux Counter UserID: 52525
Gevataim, Israel

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