[SOLVED] Question about monitor / xorg.conf

[chris81]

Hi

The owners manual of my monitor gives me the following informations:

Sync
H 30 kHz - 72 kHz automatically
V 50 Hz - 160 Hz automatically

When editing my xorg.conf, do I have to add the automatically 'keyword' ?
(saw nothing about it in man xorg.conf or man nv)

Thanks.
chris81

[reed9]

No, you don't.

In many cases, you don't need to edit xorg.conf yourself at all. Were you having trouble with something? What version of Debian are you using?

[chris81]

Were you having trouble with something?

Yes. I'm mostly certain that the refresh rate or something is misconfigured, because every each seconds (or less), I can see an horizontal medium grey stip that starts from the bottom of the screen and ends at the middle. It's boring and not ergonomic (making eyes tired faster ?)

The debian version that I am using is the 5.0.1.

thanks
chris81

[mrrangerman]

No you don't need to add automatically here is a copy of my xorg.conf monitor section,

Section "Monitor"

    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LG L1932TQ"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 71.0  yours > 30.00 - 72.00
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0  yours > 50.00 - 160.00
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Just fallow the form of mine, I added yours in red so you know where and how to enter them. You need to be root when you edit this section, MAKE sure you make a copy of your xorg.conf just in case something goes wrong

as root

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup

[devils casper]

Most of distros use default values for X Server but these default values do not work well in all machines. One has to edit xorg.conf file to configure X Server correctly.

Edit Monitor section of xorg.conf

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

It will open xorg.conf file in nano editor.

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 72.0  
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file.

[chris81]

ok

thanks all.