Flatscreen Monitor Specifications

[Bob M.]

On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 07:25 -0700, Joel Adamson wrote:
> Howdy Y'all,
> 
> I am planning to install FreeBSD this weekend and I am doing a hardware inventory. I have a fairly new computer (bought brand new a year ago: Dell something-or-other 5100C), with a flatscreen monitor and USB everything.  I looked for my monitor specifications last night and have found nothing resembling the 35Hz, 800x600 stuff that is discussed in the handbook.  this would make sense, of course,...
> 
> All I've found in Windows Device Manager is something like "Intel 42985G Chipset".
> 
> Whenever I've tried liveCDs (FreesBie, various linuces), they have all picked out the monitor just fine (and most everything else).  I just want to cover my bases, in case I end up with a flickering screen, I want to be able to do something about it.
> 
> Do you have any suggestions for where I should look for any monitor specifications?  What do I enter when I do my X configuration?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joel
>  
> 
> Joel J. Adamson 
> Arlington, MA
>  		

Assuming you have a dell monitor, have you tried looking it up on
http://support.dell.com ?  Most likely, you could even google it.  My
DELL 1901FP, came up when I googled it.  Just worry about the horizontal
and vertical synch/refresh rates for now, if they're wrong you can fry
it.

This is mine:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "DELL 1901FP"
        HorizSync       30-80
        VertRefresh     56-76
   ModeLine "1024x768i" 45 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 Interlace
EndSection

That's the minimum for monitor, I believe, mine works great anyway.

This is my "Screen" section for that monitor:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "i810"
    Monitor     "DELL 1901FP"
    DefaultDepth        24

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           8
        Modes           "1280x1024"
        Option          "rgb bits" "8"
        Visual          "StaticColor"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           16
        Modes           "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           24
        Modes           "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


Bob