He might be poking fun at the popular and heavily marketed software coming from the USA. Russia may have a different computer culture than the consumers here in the states. Look at what they are doing to the CSC effort lately.
Funny guy, but there are those who might not have a sense of humor and take him most seriously.
When I use the default X settings I do get a picture on the LCD, however I notice there are "artifacts" on the screen- e.g. dithered greys tend to have a "movement"- you see certain pixels go on and off rapidly.
Your dot clock is set too high. What notebook do you have? You are talking about your notebook, right? Please be specific and give some information if you want help, else you are just complaining.
There is a way to grab the horizontal and vertical frequency off your laptop if you have a spare monitor to plug into the external jack. You do have one, right? Perhaps you have a friend that has such a monitor to check it out? Even if you don't have a monitor, there are ways. You might not have an oscilloscope, but your local nerd at the college has access. I own one by the way.
Don't give up. Give more information on what you have. Chances are, there were more technical people than you before you, who have tried and took notes. There are people on the net who do just this for a living as a computer technician. Search usenet news using your hardware as keywords.
Well, I dunno about that. What is so wrong with making money?
Well, I'm an opinionated son of a bitch and can often get away ranting about an unpleasant vendor on my homepage. But mone could make me popular. Or suddenly unpopular if I by chance mistakenly create a conflict of interest. Shit happens.
Say, for example, if I have a few bucks. Now if I say something especially unflattering about a vendor with money in my bank, especially funds contributed from one considered its competitor, and I could have some issues to deal with as their loyal partners and legal department come a knocking at my door with papers. No fun. Keep the dirty money out of my hands, thank you!
From my experience, LCDs don't work too well with X. They are a pain due to their phase settings and limited resolution...
Are you talking about desktop LCD's, laptop LCD's, or both? Granted, I don't see any 1600x1200 LCD's yet . . .
Limited resolution? Like the physical resolution of an LCD is less in X than windows? It doesn't change.
phase settings...
Where does phase have to do with computer monitors? Coax RGB monitors and NTSC broadcast television use phase to detect chroma from luminance. VGA monitors have different Red, Green, and Blue inputs and don't use phase for color decoding. Phase is irrelevant.
What is the optimal display rate you are talking about. Optimal might mean the maximum refresh rate while obtaining maximum resolution, without overheating the drive circuitry.
Are there any programs that run in Windows that grabs the modelines and present it in xf86config form?
Right on the front of most monitors, you can press a button and it will display the H and V rates. You really don't need a program for that. Just type in the xmodeline from there.
Windows uses the lowest common denominator. Many people run Windows at 60Hz refresh, . . .
60Hz. Ouch! Low refresh rates can drive people insane.
The question to ask a person that have to work with a computer all day is if they quickly get a headache at the beginning of the day and suffer from stress. Looking 90 degrees away from the monitor so its in the peripheral vision, the screen refresh will flicker if the rate is much less than 72Hz. 59Hz is a killer. Screen phosphor at maximum brightness refreshed slowly can cause someone to crack. Most modern monitors have the ability to show the refresh rate. If its below 72Hz, change it through the card or lower the brightness. Its cheaper to replace the card and monitor than it is to replace an employee who has gone postal due to stress related injuries.
Yep. Thats right.. 2048x1536. Thats the MAX my video card will go, and my monitor can handle it..
Impressive. Might want to check the hot spots on your montitor's circuit board to make sure there aren't areas that are turning dark due to burning and check for capacitors that aren't boiling the electrolyte. If you test for heat by touching, watch where you touch as the voltage can reach 2,000 volts on the board, and 29,000 volts on the tube anode. If its too hot too touch (160 degrees F can quickly burn) it might be a good idea to install a fan inside the case. 300 degrees F will blacken the circuit board and cause the capacitors to go out of tolerance after a few years. This will cause things to go out of sync, draw more current, get hotter, run away, and blow the circuit.
Standard disclaimer applies. You will burn your office or house down if you can't hack electronics.
Want to create a dual headed display with a laptop? Have a docking station? You might need one for this as it is possible to use a MDA card as the other head.
Is port a RCA type jack for the monitor input of a television? Your other "port" is most likely a jack off the same video chip, but the video is converted to NTSC or PAL output.
Not a troll. I had no idea people had problems getting a monitor to work either. In my case, I found an easy was to find information by scanning dejanews for each monitor I set up. Setting up the maximum resolution and refresh rate is easy if you know how to use a search engine.
Here is the setup I use for 1600x1200 on my V775 monitor....oh, there's a little hack in that search query on deja to rid most of the advertising crap.
Else, break out the calculator and look at the XFree86-Video-Timing s-HOWTO and customize your own (and possibly exceed the performance limits of your monitor!) If you go beyond specs, the driver circuits can consume too much current and overheat. Not cool.
This is why I hope there is a big piracy crackdown in the United States. No tolerance. Let's enforce maximum fines for the hypocrites who have a cavelier attitude toward the law. Not just in the place of businesses, but the homes of the users who bring their warez to work that gets the employers in trouble. Sting all those responsible and make them come clean. Put an end to the bad users and bad software will cease to exist.
The quickest way to erradicate a bad law is its strict enforcement.
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Someone thought this was a troll? Torture is being chained and padlocked to a Windows desktop and having a BSOD image tattooed to your forehead.
He might be poking fun at the popular and heavily marketed software coming from the USA. Russia may have a different computer culture than the consumers here in the states. Look at what they are doing to the CSC effort lately.
Funny guy, but there are those who might not have a sense of humor and take him most seriously.
it sure is quite frightening to hear that Microsoft can command the NYPD to search for a parcel they've fucked up...
What do you expect from a company that distributes Microsoft Access software? Bug free shipments?
When I use the default X settings I do get a picture on the LCD, however I notice there are "artifacts" on the screen- e.g. dithered greys tend to have a "movement"- you see certain pixels go on and off rapidly.
Your dot clock is set too high. What notebook do you have? You are talking about your notebook, right? Please be specific and give some information if you want help, else you are just complaining.
There is a way to grab the horizontal and vertical frequency off your laptop if you have a spare monitor to plug into the external jack. You do have one, right? Perhaps you have a friend that has such a monitor to check it out? Even if you don't have a monitor, there are ways. You might not have an oscilloscope, but your local nerd at the college has access. I own one by the way.
Don't give up. Give more information on what you have. Chances are, there were more technical people than you before you, who have tried and took notes. There are people on the net who do just this for a living as a computer technician. Search usenet news using your hardware as keywords.
Well, I dunno about that. What is so wrong with making money?
Well, I'm an opinionated son of a bitch and can often get away ranting about an unpleasant vendor on my homepage. But mone could make me popular. Or suddenly unpopular if I by chance mistakenly create a conflict of interest. Shit happens.
Say, for example, if I have a few bucks. Now if I say something especially unflattering about a vendor with money in my bank, especially funds contributed from one considered its competitor, and I could have some issues to deal with as their loyal partners and legal department come a knocking at my door with papers. No fun. Keep the dirty money out of my hands, thank you!
From my experience, LCDs don't work too well with X. They are a pain due to their phase settings and limited resolution...
Are you talking about desktop LCD's, laptop LCD's, or both? Granted, I don't see any 1600x1200 LCD's yet . . .
Limited resolution? Like the physical resolution of an LCD is less in X than windows? It doesn't change.
phase settings...
Where does phase have to do with computer monitors? Coax RGB monitors and NTSC broadcast television use phase to detect chroma from luminance. VGA monitors have different Red, Green, and Blue inputs and don't use phase for color decoding. Phase is irrelevant.
What is the optimal display rate you are talking about. Optimal might mean the maximum refresh rate while obtaining maximum resolution, without overheating the drive circuitry.
Are there any programs that run in Windows that grabs the modelines and present it in xf86config form?
Right on the front of most monitors, you can press a button and it will display the H and V rates. You really don't need a program for that. Just type in the xmodeline from there.
I nominate Elz to be one of the godfathers of the internet. Someone who can't be bought has uncorruptable direction, true power and influence.
Windows uses the lowest common denominator. Many people run Windows at 60Hz refresh, . . .
60Hz. Ouch! Low refresh rates can drive people insane.
The question to ask a person that have to work with a computer all day is if they quickly get a headache at the beginning of the day and suffer from stress. Looking 90 degrees away from the monitor so its in the peripheral vision, the screen refresh will flicker if the rate is much less than 72Hz. 59Hz is a killer. Screen phosphor at maximum brightness refreshed slowly can cause someone to crack. Most modern monitors have the ability to show the refresh rate. If its below 72Hz, change it through the card or lower the brightness. Its cheaper to replace the card and monitor than it is to replace an employee who has gone postal due to stress related injuries.
Yep. Thats right.. 2048x1536. Thats the MAX my video card will go, and my monitor can handle it..
Impressive. Might want to check the hot spots on your montitor's circuit board to make sure there aren't areas that are turning dark due to burning and check for capacitors that aren't boiling the electrolyte. If you test for heat by touching, watch where you touch as the voltage can reach 2,000 volts on the board, and 29,000 volts on the tube anode. If its too hot too touch (160 degrees F can quickly burn) it might be a good idea to install a fan inside the case. 300 degrees F will blacken the circuit board and cause the capacitors to go out of tolerance after a few years. This will cause things to go out of sync, draw more current, get hotter, run away, and blow the circuit.
Standard disclaimer applies. You will burn your office or house down if you can't hack electronics.
Want to create a dual headed display with a laptop? Have a docking station? You might need one for this as it is possible to use a MDA card as the other head.
Is port a RCA type jack for the monitor input of a television? Your other "port" is most likely a jack off the same video chip, but the video is converted to NTSC or PAL output.
Two links to get you started:
Using multi-headed framebuffers
Multi-Hea d Mini HOWTO
Not a troll. I had no idea people had problems getting a monitor to work either. In my case, I found an easy was to find information by scanning dejanews for each monitor I set up. Setting up the maximum resolution and refresh rate is easy if you know how to use a search engine.
...oh, there's a little hack in that search query on deja to rid most of the advertising crap.
Here is the setup I use for 1600x1200 on my V775 monitor.
Else, break out the calculator and look at the XFree86-Video-Timing s-HOWTO and customize your own (and possibly exceed the performance limits of your monitor!) If you go beyond specs, the driver circuits can consume too much current and overheat. Not cool.
This is why I hope there is a big piracy crackdown in the United States. No tolerance. Let's enforce maximum fines for the hypocrites who have a cavelier attitude toward the law. Not just in the place of businesses, but the homes of the users who bring their warez to work that gets the employers in trouble. Sting all those responsible and make them come clean. Put an end to the bad users and bad software will cease to exist.
The quickest way to erradicate a bad law is its strict enforcement.
are done in quicktime/sorensen because it is flat-out the absolute best, highest quality-high-compression video format available.
Is it really the best and highest quality available if I can't watch it?