[linux-help] Re: X has ghosts and literally giving me a headache

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Clint Brubakken wrote:
> Thats what it got by probing my monitor. It will only do 1280x1024 at
> 60hz. Its a samtron 77V. The video card is a Sis 8meg onboard. 
> 
> It doesn't give the headache it used to, but I still have the ghosts (2
> mostly white lines that follow the cursor)
> 
> I haven't restarted x since I made changes with the shadow, so that
> might fix that.


ALWAYS restart after configuration changes in order for them to take effect.


> 
> Is the a way to tell what refresh rate its using? It is capable to do
> 1024x768@85 hz, with windows, but how to do that with X?
> 

If you start X from the command line, you can redirect all output to a 
file that can be reviewed to see what is actually done.
   "startx > logfile 2>&1"


>


> 
> On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 17:50, Jeff Vian wrote:
> 
>>I noted your monitor is set for:
>>
>>          HorizSync   30-70
>>          VertRefresh 50-160
>>
>>Mine is set for :
>>          HorizSync   30-107
>>          VertRefresh 50-170
>>      on 3 different systems (with vodoo4 4500 card (32mb) ,
>>                       with GeForce2 (32mb),
>>                      and with Diamond Monster Fusion (16mb)
>>I am using a KVM switch to allow one monitor on all 3 systems and
>>have no "shadows"
>>
>>I would suggest trying a slight change in the horiz sync range to see if
>>that fixes the problem. Possibly 30-90 or some such to allow it to 
>>select the best value for your monitor.
>>
>>
>>Clint Brubakken wrote:
>>
>>>I upgraded to redhat 7.3, via apt (painful, don't try this at home). And
>>>it installed XFree86 4.2 (after removing my existing XFree86). 
>>>
>>>So I had to set-up X again, so I did it the "red-hat" way, and ran
>>>Xconfigurator, and it probed my monitor and video card right (except it
>>>didn't detect how much memory on the video card). 

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