freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 236, Issue 8: 9. Re: detecting monitor's sync and refresh rate? (Lowell Gilbert)

[Desmond Chapman]

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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:42:07 -0400
> From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
> Subject: Re: detecting monitor's sync and refresh rate?
> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
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> Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> > I've a monitor (Mobi M15MPC) with no docs.
> > I've searched the net but cannot find any info on sync and refresh rate for it.
> > I've done Xorg -configure, but testing with X -config xorg.conf.new
> > shows screen shifted to the side and very nasty blinking, from which 
> > I deduced that perhaps I need to specify correct sync, refresh and mode.
> >
> > Are there any commands to get sync and refresh from the monitor?
> 
> If X can't probe the monitor for its settings, I wouldn't trust any
> other method of probing it either.
> 
> Not to overlook the obvious: are the settings written on the back of
> the monitor?  
> 
> You can always try Google...
> 
> -- 
> Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
> 		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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> 

I have the same problem only when the screen shuts off. The problem doesn't exist if I switch to a virtual terminal. It also corrects itself once I login or start using the gui.
Lowell has a point here. It may be your monitor. I'm using a generic monitor and the problem also exists with X.org on Debian Linux with the same monitor. 

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