Re: matroxfb: screen messes up after so

On 08/06/2004 Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> > apart from all this inferesting stuff, my monitor starts to switch
> > mode(?) or at least horizontal size, what means it sometimes starts to
> > jump from normal view to another mode(?) or anything. anyway: the
> > vertical size of screen stays like it was but the horizontal size of
> > screen switchs, and thus left and right border of screen are not seen
> > any longer but cutted by the hardware-border of my monitor.
> > 
> > after some time of switching monitor stays in one of both view modes,
> > but randomly jumps to and from from time to time.
> 
> Probably picture size you are using is just on edge where monitor makes
> decision which of its preset settings it should use. If it happens on
> console, try changing pixclock a bit (it is first number in 'timmings'
> entry in fbset output). If it happens in XFree, change dot clock in
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4... Usually change by 1% in either direction is more
> than sufficient to get rid of this switching. Unless your monitor is dying...

thanks a lot, i'll try it. but how can i get the dot clock I use as
default in xfree86?

bye
 jonas


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