[NTLUG:Discuss] Monitor/Xserver problem

[Mike Hart]

If the monitor can display at all (text mode), then
your problem is not hardware.
 
However, You may need to be aware of special settings
for your monitor... Google is your friend in this
case. (model #, distro, and 'X setup'). 

Also, In addition to resolution and refresh rate, I
have had trouble with color depth and some X Server
selections. The safest color depth is 16bit.  going
with 24 or 32 bit can cause some servers to crash due
to unsupported color depth. You can pick them during
install, but they don't work at boot. 

--- Tom Hayden <tom.hayden.iii at mail.airmail.net>
wrote:

> That sounds about right. I will give it a try. Is
> there any possibility, 
> this could be caused by a problem with the monitor?
> 
> Mike Hart wrote:
> > This is caused most likely by invalid screen
> > resolution/refresh rate in the X setup. 
> > 
> > login on the commandline as root and run the
> > commandline X setup 
> > $XF86Setup (if you really are running XFree) 
> > 
> > Or
> > 
> > $xorgsetup (if you are running XOrg.)  
> > 
> > Different distros have different spellings and
> > capitalizations of this command, so you may need
> to
> > try  the [tab] key after typing X or x to find it
> (if
> > you have autocomplete active. 
> > 
> > Choose the VESA or fbdev server to try recovering
> your
> > screen. 
> > --- om Hayden <tom.hayden.iii at mail.airmail.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I had to reinstall my system today and, after
> doing
> >>so successfully, I 
> >>found that when the system tried to bring up the
> log
> >>in screen, by 
> >>starting kdm, the monitor would go blank for a
> >>minute and then come back 
> >>to the command line without giving me a chance to
> >>log in. This makes it 
> >>all but impossible to use the system. I am using
> >>Debian 3.1 release 5, 
> >>kernel 2.4, kdm/kde and xserver-xfree86. Does any
> >>one have an idea as to 
> >>what might be causing this?
> >>
> >>Tom Hayden III
> >>
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> -- 
> Tom Hayden III
> 
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> 
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