F14 New Installation: Unknown Monitor

[Kevin J. Cummings]

On 02/06/2011 01:56 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> your help worked!

Just glad I could help out.

> I still do not understand the ins and outs of a monitor,
> but the following xorg.conf worked. The
> System->Preferences->Monitor tool now offers a reasonable
> selection of resolution, including as a maximum the 1280x1024
> value I was looking for.
> The xorg.conf file that finally did it for me was:
> (And FS757 is what is written in my printed docs that came with
> the monitor. Maybe the same device was rebranded at some time.)
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "BenQ FS757"
> 	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
> 	HorizSync    30-83
> 	VertRefresh  50-76
> 	Option      "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultDepth 24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport 0 0
> 		Depth    24
> 		Modes    "1280x1024"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> As a side remark, I did not get the monitor recognized under
> either SUSE or ubuntu. This is not a Fedora specific issue,
> rather an issue with some lower software (driver, Xorg, ...).
> I fear someone with less commitment to open software
> would have been scared away. Any idea on how to capture
> these experiences in some how-to document?

This is the sort of thing that > 10 years of doing just kinda leads to
"knowing it".

If you want some How-To document about this, someone would have to write
it down.  I'm not into blogging.

> Again, many thanks for all your help.

You are very welcome.

> Burkhard

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