"Out of range" starting Xorg on dual display
Garrett Cooper
youshi10 at u.washington.edu
Fri Nov 11 00:32:50 GMT 2005
On Nov 10, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Pat Maddox wrote:
> On 11/10/05, Garrett Cooper <youshi10 at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/10/05, Garrett Cooper <youshi10 at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>>> On Nov 10, 2005, at 3:10 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've got a dual display setup, and it had been working fine once I
>>>>> finally got the config done. They're two displays running off one
>>>>> graphics card, one through the DVI output and one through the D-
>>>>> SUB.
>>>>> Today I had to switch the inputs that the monitors use, and it
>>>>> just
>>>>> doesn't work anymore. I get a message on my left display that
>>>>> says
>>>>> "Out of range." This isn't an Xorg or FreeBSD error, it's a
>>>>> message
>>>>> from the displays built-in HUD. This doesn't make any sense
>>>>> because
>>>>> as far as Xorg is concerned, there shouldn't be any
>>>>> difference. The
>>>>> D-SUB display should be on the left, and the DVI one should be on
>>>>> the
>>>>> right. I really don't understand what could be causing a
>>>>> problem, but
>>>>> for what it's worth, the display now connected to the D-SUB has
>>>>> always
>>>>> been more finicky than my other display. They're a ViewSonic
>>>>> vp201
>>>>> (D-SUB) and Dell 2001fp (DVI). Here's my config:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>>>> Identifier "Dual Head"
>>>>> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
>>>>> Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
>>>>> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>>>> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>>>>
>>>>> Option "Xinerama" "true"
>>>>> Option "Clone" "off"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Files"
>>>>> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>>>>> ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>>>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>>>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>>>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>>>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
>>>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>>>>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Module"
>>>>> Load "dbe"
>>>>> #Load "dri"
>>>>> Load "extmod"
>>>>> Load "glx"
>>>>> Load "record"
>>>>> Load "xtrap"
>>>>> Load "freetype"
>>>>> Load "type1"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>>>> Identifier "Keyboard0"
>>>>> Driver "kbd"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>>>> Identifier "Mouse0"
>>>>> Driver "mouse"
>>>>> Option "Protocol" "auto"
>>>>> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>>>>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Monitor"
>>>>> Identifier "Monitor0"
>>>>> VendorName "Vendor Name"
>>>>> ModelName "Model Name"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Device"
>>>>> Identifier "Card0"
>>>>> Driver "nvidia"
>>>>> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
>>>>> BoardName "NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600]"
>>>>> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>>>>> Screen 0
>>>>> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
>>>>> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Device"
>>>>> Identifier "Card1"
>>>>> Driver "nvidia"
>>>>> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
>>>>> BoardName "NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600]"
>>>>> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>>>>> Screen 1
>>>>> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
>>>>> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Screen"
>>>>> Identifier "Screen0"
>>>>> Device "Card0"
>>>>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>>>>> DefaultDepth 24
>>>>>
>>>>> SubSection "Display"
>>>>> Viewport 0 0
>>>>> Depth 24
>>>>> Modes "1600x1200"
>>>>> EndSubSection
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Screen"
>>>>> Identifier "Screen1"
>>>>> Device "Card1"
>>>>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>>>>> DefaultDepth 24
>>>>>
>>>>> SubSection "Display"
>>>>> Viewport 0 0
>>>>> Depth 24
>>>>> EndSubSection
>>>>> EndSection
>>>>
>>>> The issue is with your refresh rates on one of the
>>>> monitors is out
>>>> of range. So what you need to do is go online, search for the
>>>> maximum
>>>> resolution for your monitors, and match it with the maximum
>>>> supported
>>>> resolution for your card along with the individual monitor's
>>>> maximum
>>>> resolution.
>>>> -Garrett
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>
>>> I checked out what refresh rates they're using in Windows, and both
>>> monitors are set to 60. The finicky monitor apparently can run
>>> at 60,
>>> 70, or 72.
>>>
>>> I set the VertRefresh to 60, start up Xorg, and now I'm not getting
>>> the error, but it's really flickery. Really, it's more like a bunch
>>> of lines are scrolling down very quickly, it's not flicker, so
>>> something definitely isn't right. If I set the VertRefresh to a
>>> range, like 60-72, I still get that Out of Range error. I haven't
>>> been able to find out exactly what refresh rates to use, because
>>> these
>>> are LCDs and the refresh rates given in ms, not Hertz. Not really
>>> sure what that means.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply, seems like I'm getting closer...I'd appreciate
>>> any more help you can give me.
>>>
>>> Pat
>>
>> Pat,
>> That's not the actual refresh range for the monitor, it's
>> just the
>> currently used range.
>> What you want to do is search for "{maker} {model} horizontal
>> refresh" in google; the pages which come up are the ones you want to
>> refer to for your xorg.conf configuration.
>> Also, just as a sidenote, setting the refresh rate of the
>> monitor to
>> the highest possible range will help your eyes as they are accustomed
>> to a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz
>> -Garrett
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>
> I called up ViewSonic tech support to get the info from them, and they
> said that the recommended vertical refresh rate is 60Hz, and the
> supported horizontal range is 30-92kHz. So I added a HorizSync 30-92
> line and a VertRefresh 60 line. I'm still getting the same problem as
> earlier when there was output, I run "Xorg -config myconfig" and it
> looks like it's scrolling or something. 60Hz is the recommended
> refresh rate, so I don't have any clue what the problem is.
>
> Pat
Unfortunately that isn't a range though; it's just a set value. So
just give me the model number and I'll tell you how I got where I
needed to go and where to go to find the solution, because it seems
like you can't find the right google results (and I don't blame you
because sometimes it's hard to find the right answer in Google queries).
-Garrett
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