Out of Range ..., troubleshoot xorg

[Antonio Olivares]

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 May 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
>>> I managed to get X working, but the display is HUGE :(
>
> Relatively low resolution on a large display makes for big pixels!
>
>>> I have tried messing with the TV menu settings, but that is not
>>> getting me anywhere.
>>
>> I have output /var/log/Xorg.0.log in
>>
>> http://pastebin.com/UcJmZzyn
>
> Looks like X is choosing 1360x768 and working.  It's the TV that's being
> snooty about showing the signal it receives.  You could try forcing it to
> one of the lower modes in xorg.conf, like 1024x768.
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "TSB"
>        ModelName    "205"
>        VertRefresh  59-72
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Card0"
>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Modes "1024x768"
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> The log shows that it gets this information from the monitor already, and is
> already trying to use the right resolution.  Hard to say what the TV is
> doing.  If it's touchy about refresh rate, that can be restricted to just a
> single rate:
>
>        VertRefresh  60
>

Warren,

I appreciate the help, but I could not get it to work.  I put in Modes
"1024x768" "800x600", etc and changed the VertRefresh several times
and it was a no GO :(, still Monitor out of Range or "No Video
Signal".  I have swapped the two monitors and now I can at least see
the desktop :)  using an ACER AL2216W with 1680x1050 display :

[olivares at tricorehome /usr/home/olivares]$ xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1050
default connected 1680x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1680x1050      60.0*
   1400x1050      60.0     75.0
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0
   1440x900       75.0     60.0
   1280x960       60.0
   1366x768       60.0
   1152x864       75.0
   1024x768       75.0     70.0     60.0
   896x672        60.0
   832x624        75.0
   800x600        75.0     72.0     60.0     56.0     65.0
   700x525        75.0     60.0
   640x512        75.0     60.0
   640x480        75.0     73.0     67.0     60.0
   720x400        70.0
   576x432        75.0
   512x384        75.0     70.0     60.0
   416x312        75.0
   400x300        75.0     72.0     60.0     56.0
   320x240        75.0     73.0     60.0


Thank you for hanging in there with me.  I appreciate it.

Regards,

Antonio