monitor frequency problem
Mario Gomes
mgomes at eol.ca
Thu Sep 25 22:24:49 UTC 2003
Bill I should warn you that I am no Linux expert. What I have been able
to do is
Bill, first let me inform you that I'm no linux expert. I have tried
booting with 'nogui' and it will go out of spec as well. All I've been
able to do is boot using the 'single' option. Once I get to the text
prompt I tried typing in redhat-config-xfree86 to see if I could change
some settings but I only got an error message. Any further help would
be greatly appreciated.
mg
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 13:53, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Mario Gomes (mgomes at eol.ca) said:
> > I've installed Severn onto a Shuttle SK41G. Below are the specs for the
> > motherboard taken from the Shuttle website:
> >
> > FX41
> > CPU Socket : AMD Socket A, support 266/200MHz FSB CPU
> > Chipsets : North bridge-VIA KM266, South bridge-VIA 8235
> > Memory : Spoort DDR 266/200 * 2
> > On Board VGA : VIA Savage8, 8-32 MB VGA share memory
> > On Board Audio : Realtek ALC650 support 5.1 channel audio, Support n/Out
> > Expansion Slot : PCI * 1, AGP * 1
> > IDE interface : ATA-133
> >
> > I was able to install Severn in text mode to the point that the computer
> > reboots. The problem arises when the reboot is processing, eventually
> > the screen goes blank and I get this error message:
> >
> > out of range
> > 26Hz / 21Khz
> >
> > I suspect that the monitor frequency is incorrectly set and I somehow
> > need to change this before the system starts loading. The monitor I
> > have is a GEM LCD and the frequency recommended is (H) 30Khz-60Khz and
> > (V) 50Hz-75 Hz. I would appreciate if someone has any suggestions on
> > how to correct this problem.
>
> If you boot with 'nogui', and then try to start X, is that when it
> goes out of spec?
>
> Bill
>
>
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