[Grml] fun with x

[Michael Prokop]

* Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik at nyct.net> [20060803 20:15]:

> grml-x issue - no screen found

Ok.

> now, if I copy the xorg.conf that I always use for that machine,  then issue 
> grml-x fluxbox, it is gorgeous, screen, colous, resolution.

Ok.

> I am attaching the corresponding files, the ln one and grml one, but the most 
> interesting thing is that get-edid | parse-edid provides the correct 
> information, matching exactly the one in my own file, to wit:

> Section "Monitor"
> 	VendorName	"Dell"
> 	ModelName	"Dell M781p"
> 	Identifier	"Dell M781p"
> 	HorizSync	30-85
> 	VertRefresh	50-160
> 	Option "DPMS"
> EndSection

Ok.

> whilst, in spite of edid being correct, in se et sine alium, the grml 
> generated file remains:

[...]
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
> #       ModelName    "Old Monitor (no DDC)"
>         Option       "DPMS"      "true"
> #       HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
> #       HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 85.0
> 30.0 - 85.0
> 30.0 - 85.0
> 30.0 - 85.0

=> there's something going wrong here.

> #       VertRefresh  50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
> #       VertRefresh  50.0 - 60.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT 
> default.
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
> 50.0 - 160.0
> 50.0 - 160.0
> 50.0 - 160.0

=> and here too. The 3 additional lines are definitely not ok, but
I'm not yet sure where they might come from. :-/

How are you running grml-x? (I mean the commandline switches to grml-x.)

Does running:

% grml-x -hsync 30-85 -vsync 50-160 -mode 1024x768 $WINDOW_MANAGER

help?

> I hope it is my own inability to figure out what is wrong, but whether I 
> use -module vesa or -module radeon, or no options, there is something wrong.

Can you please provide me the output of 'get-edid | parse-edid' too?

> Sorry to bother you all, but hope this may be of interest.

It definitely helps debugging a problem I wasn't aware of. :)

regards,
-mika-
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