Linux and 2405FPW

[derekb77]

Linux and 2405FPW

Im running Fedora Core 3 and i cant get the monitor to display the 1920x1200 resolution.
Can someone post their xorg.conf file with working settings for this monitor. Thanks in advance.

 

[FoolishBose]

Which graphics card?

 

[derekb77]

Nvidia 6800, but im more interested in the "monitor" section of that file.

 

[mule_x]

I use FreeBSD and XFree86 4.3, but this should still work.

Look in your /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or similar) file. DDC should probe your monitor and reveal something like this:

(--) NV(0): DDC detected a CRT:
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer: DEL Model: a00f Serial#: 808862547
(II) NV(0): Year: 2005 Week: 4
(II) NV(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) NV(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) NV(0): Sync: Separate Composite SyncOnGreen
(II) NV(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 52 vert.: 33
(II) NV(0): Gamma: 2.20
(II) NV(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) NV(0): Default color space is primary color space
(II) NV(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) NV(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.330 greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.607
(II) NV(0): blueX: 0.149 blueY: 0.060 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.328
(II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) NV(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): #0: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) NV(0): #1: hsize: 1600 vsize 1200 refresh: 60 vid: 16553
(II) NV(0): #2: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337
(II) NV(0): #3: hsize: 1680 vsize 1680 refresh: 60 vid: 179
(II) NV(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) NV(0): clock: 154.0 MHz Image Size: 519 x 324 mm
(II) NV(0): h_active: 1920 h_sync: 1968 h_sync_end 2000 h_blank_end 2080 h_border: 0
(II) NV(0): v_active: 1200 v_sync: 1203 v_sync_end 1209 v_blanking: 1235 v_border: 0
(II) NV(0): Serial No: ****************
(II) NV(0): Monitor name: DELL 2405FPW
(II) NV(0): Ranges: V min: 56 V max: 76 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 81 kHz, PixClock max 170 MHz
(II) NV(0): Probing for EDID on I2C bus B...
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): ... none found


See the "h_active, h_sync,...etc." stuff? This is a canned modeline that the monitor is communicating to the X Server. Written out in a form that Xorg or XFree86 understand it would be:

Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +HSync -VSync

(I got the +HSync and -VSync from the Dell Manual where it outlines the preset modes the monitor will display; it also lists the 154 Pixel Clock rate)

You then call the 1920x1200 mode by the name "1920x1200_60.00" in the Screen section of your Xorg.conf.

The problem with this display is, that the max pixel clock rate is 170 MHz. This means you can't use the preferred Modeline at 1920x1200, which uses a ~193 MHz pixel clock rate. I've posted my problems with this in another post (search for it).

Anyway, I'm having problems with using the "XV" accelerated video driver with mplayer, in fullscreen mode. I get tearing and interference.

BTW, if you have an NVidia card, use

Option "Rotate" "CCW"

in the Device section to rotate your display when you use it in portrait mode!

Your Xorg.conf file will be similar to my XF86Config file below.

Good Luck!



Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 for Dell 2005fpw with NVIDIA binary drivers"
Screen 0 "Dell 2405fpw + AGP Card" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse-moused" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection



Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mozilla/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/artwiz-aleczapka-en"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/artwiz-fonts/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection



Section "Module"
Load "vgahw"
Load "i2c"

Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "dbe"

SubSection "extmod"
# Option "omit xfree86-dga" #don't initialize the DGA extension (from DRI)
EndSubSection

Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "record"
EndSection



Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse-moused"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "SysMouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection



Section "Device"

### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "UsePIO" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "NoSLI" # [<bool>]
#Option "TexturedVideo" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#
Option "RenderAccel" "true" # use to speed up rendering of fonts,
# alpha blending, gtk+, etc. for NVidia cards


Identifier "MX4000"
Driver "nvidia" #Binary Nvidia Driver for DRI
# Driver "nv"
# VideoRam 65536
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate

# Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "NoLogo"
Option "CursorShadow" "on"

# Option "TwinView"
# Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
# Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050,640x480"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
# Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
# Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"

# Other Options:
# Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
# Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite"

# Option "NoDDC" "1" # turns of EDID with monitor
# Option "FlatPanel" "true" # X does not start
# Option "FPDither" "true" # for 6-bit panels
# Option "Rotate" "CW"
# Option "Rotate" "CCW" # proper rotation for Dell swivels

EndSection



Section "ServerFlags"
# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.
# Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes

# Set the DPMS timeouts. These are set here because they are global
# rather than screen-specific. These settings alone don't enable DPMS.
# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when
# the driver supports it.

# Option "standby time" "20"
# Option "suspend time" "30"
# Option "off time" "60"
EndSection



Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Dell 24 LCD"
VendorName "Dell"
ModelName "2405fpw"
HorizSync 30 - 81 # from Monitor Manual
VertRefresh 56 - 76 # (same)
# Option "dpms"

Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +HSync -VSync

Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync

Gamma 0.8 0.8 0.8 # Normally, monitor at 0 Brightness is *still* too bright!
EndSection



Section "Screen"
Identifier "Dell 2405fpw + AGP Card"
Device "MX4000"
Monitor "Dell 24 LCD"
# Option "NoMTRR"
DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1200_60.00" "1680x1050_60.00"
EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200_60.00" "1680x1050_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

 

[derekb77]

thanks

 

[CSSmitty]

thanks

did you get it to work?

can you post your xorg.cong file?

Thanks,
-C

 

[CSSmitty]

can someone with a fedora box post their xorg.conf file?
Thanks,
-C

 

[CSSmitty]

can someone with a fedora box post their xorg.conf file?
Thanks,
-C

nv, i got it to work just by following mule_x's file


My xorg.conf file from my Fedora 2 Box
**************************************************

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "DELL 2405FPW"
DisplaySize 520 330
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
#Option "dpms"
Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +HSync -VSync

Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "ATI Radeon 8500LE"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
#Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1920x1200_60.00" "1680x1050_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection




**************************************************

xorg.conf

 

[fanplook]

I tried to get the DVI output to work for the "ATI Radeon 8500LE", but it seems this precise 8500 is not supported for dvi. ( the ati web site says Radeon 8500 is supported by their proprietary drivers)
There's a french guy who packages the ati proprietary drivers who has the same card and can't get the dvi to work either.