Acer 1711 LCD monitor won't setup

[LinuxHippy]

I've got a monitor problem that I just realized has been that way for months. When I installed FC6 months ago I had a CRT monitor. Not long after the install I got an Acer 1711 LCD monitor and put that on my FC6 box. I changed my display settings (System>Display) to generic LCD 1280 X 1024. It indicated that it wrote a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and would update upon a new X session. It didn't do that. I'm trying to start a video game (StepMania) and I keep losing the monitor (the monitor says no input signal). When I went back to the display setting it still has my Proview CRT monitor. Why won't it update and how do I fix this for a game to work?

[Wayne]

I had similar problems moving from a 15" to a 19" LCD. In the end I just renamed xorg.conf and rebooted and let it rediscover the monitor. It just doesn't seem to stick when changing it while in a GUI. Another option is to kill X and then run system-config-display.

Wayne

[LinuxHippy]

Could you post your LCD monitor section for your Acer LCD from xorg.conf?

[Wayne]

Could you post your LCD monitor section for your Acer LCD from xorg.conf?

Not much to post. It's using the generic LCD monitor setting and I've commented out h/v sync:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
# HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
# DisplaySize 270 203 # 1024x768 96dpi
# DisplaySize 338 254 # 1280x960 96dpi
DisplaySize 338 270 # 1280x1024 96dpi
# DisplaySize 370 277 # 1400x1050 96dpi
# DisplaySize 423 370 # 1600x1400 96dpi
EndSection


Wayne

[LinuxHippy]

that worked well...I copied the above monitor section into my xorg.conf. system-config-display didn't keep the changes outside X. I'm able to play my game now!