LCD monitors

[Tyler Aviss]

I've never had an issues with the DVI-VGA conversion plus on my
video-cards, they just behave like any normal card with a VGA output
plug.

As for reconfiguring Xorg, you might have to reconfigure the
horizontal/vertical sync/refresh settings for your new monitor in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.
If you're using a monitor/card that supports DDC
(http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DDC.html) then it's probably
auto-detecting you video settings. If you've got some hardcoded
settings, you may have some lines or sections like:


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor1"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 80.5
    VertRefresh 20 - 60
    Option	    "noddc"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

#	ModeLine "720x576"	32.7 720 744 816 912 576 577 580 597
	ModeLine "640x480"	12.5	640  650  700 800	480  490  492  625 -hsync
-vsync interlace
	ModeLine "720x576o"	14.0625	720  760  800 900	576  600  615  625
-hsync -vsync interlace


By taking out the HorizSync, VertRefresh, ModeLine, and any noddc
lines, you could allow your computer to auto-detect the monitor
settings. Try backing up your xorg.conf and removing those lines, then
starting X. If you prefer to do it with the package, dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg should probably work as well, but then you'll have to
re-enter all your video-card settings as well.

On 8/7/07, William O'Higgins Witteman <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I am finally getting an LCD monitor, and I'm wondering if I have to do
> anything over than 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'?  I've had the same
> 17" CRT since I started using Linux in 2000, so I'm unsure if I need to
> do anything special.
>
> Also, is there a problem with the VGA-DVI adapters, or should things
> "just work"?  Thanks.
> --
>
> yours,
>
> William
>
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