strummsteel Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 I have successfully upated my NVIDIA driver. But unfortunately after that when I boot up I get a black screen. Which gives me a desktop that extends beyond my monitor. When I adjust my setting thru MCC to 1024 x 768 i get a blank screen too. Upon further examina, I manage to make it work by adjusting my refresh rate at 60 in the "Screen Resize and Rotate. Is there a way for me to permanently setup my X to default to a refresh rate of 60hz? ANy help would be most welcomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Use XFdrake to adjust the monitor settings. Close X, log in as root and type XFdrake (with capital XF :)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Open Mandrake Control Centre (MCC) and select install software. Look through the list of available software and find ... monitor-edid-1.5-1mdk (don't worry if it is not exactly this version) and install it. Log out then back in again. Open MCC and select Hardware then select configure your monitor. You will see Plug'nPlay, double click on it and after a while if it can identify your monitor then it will read whatever your monitor make is.. If this works for you then please let us know. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strummsteel Posted September 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Thanks for the Help guys. I solved it. But I just used common sense, hehehe sometimes I forget to use it. I looked at the back of the monitor and found the vertical and horizontal values and inputted it in the Xorg.conf file. It now works perfectly. WHoooo hooo Thanks a lot guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Linux - 1, GUI - 0 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 I don't think so coverup. :D :D :D He did not know about the simple GUI routine and had already solved it by going the long way round. But now he knows fro the future and it is so simple. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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