[plug] monitor flashes when booting

[Peter Taekema]

Hi Jon,

I'm not a Suse user (more of a Debian/Ubuntu guy) but I have faced
similar issues when moving machines around....

It's basically a mater of finding the X config file (in Debian this is
found under /etc/X11/xorg.conf ) and then changing the 'Modes' line
under the "Screen" Section to a lower resolution.

As SUSE/RH tend to have the config files in different locations to
Debian, you will have to find them on your system (however, a brief
google search seems to indicate the file should be in the location
indicated above).

Your 'screen' settings are probably trying to run the monitor out of
range, so change the Modes to something sane for a 15" monitor (1024x768
or even 800x600), so it looks something like this:

---- snip -----

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Failsafe Device"
        Monitor         "Failsafe Monitor"
        Defaultdepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   24
                Modes    "1024x768 at 60"   "800x600 at 60"    
        EndSubSection
EndSection


---- snip -----

This should get you going.  Once you have X up, you can fine tune with
the X configuration tool.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Peter


On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 18:19 +0800, Jon Miller wrote:
> I have an IBM x220 server with SLES10SP1 and when I built it I was
> using a 19” LCD screen (Hyundai) and when I went to put it in the rack
> the monitor there is a 15” Mitsubishi Diamond View 1554R.  When it
> comes online the controls for the monitor flashes and I cannot see
> anything on the monitor.  Can someone point me in the right direction
> on fixing this?
> 
> I know it has to do with the configuration of the XSystem files, but
> I’m not sure.
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Jon L. Miller, MCNE CNE CCNA
> 
> Director
> 
> MMT Networks Pty Ltd
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