iiyama flat panel - not happy

rob101 · #1 15th April 2006, 09:42 PM

Hi,

I've just started using linux, and have installed FC5, so thanks for bearing with me.
Everything's been working fine, and I've been using a Vision Master Pro 410 from iiyama.

Now, when I try to use a flat panel iiyama (model TXA3812JT) it doesn't display anything
I can see the BIOS load, and watch the boot procedure, but just before we get to the log in screen, it goes black. If I boot with the original monitor and then switch to the new monitor, it still shows nothing.

Should I be intalling new drivers, or changing software configs before trying a new monitor?

I'm really keen to use Fedora as my OS of choice, so I'd like to get this sorted.

Many thanks for your help.

Rob

pparks1 · #2 15th April 2006, 09:57 PM

Boot with the old monitor, run system-config-display and configure it for your new monitor. Then reboot and see if it works better for you with the new monitor.

chances are the display is just going outside of what your flat panel can do.

rob101 · #3 15th April 2006, 10:03 PM

Ah, thankyou. I didn't know that config box existed. I'll reboot and keep my fingers crossed.

edit: Great - I rebooted into this monitor. Cheers,
Unfortunately, themaximum resolution is a cloudy 800x600. Is there anything I can do to increase this, or is it just the limitations of my hardware?
I'm on a KVM switch with a Windows machine, which diplays a crip 1024x780 on the same monitor.

OOI; is there a list of 'useful commands' like system-config-display anywhere?
Sorry if there is, and I'm beeing a bit too thick.

Cheers,
Rob

DazBlade · #4 11th June 2007, 10:30 PM

I installed Fedora 7 yesterday. My onboard graphics is detected - Graphics: Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset - but my Iiyama AS4314UT is not recognised and I cannot get a bigger resolution than 800x600.

The max resolution I should get is 1280 x 1024. I've tried using a default LCD monitor at 1280x1024 but lost my display. I've tried customising xorg.conf but get failed settings so have revert back to the default. I'm pretty sure the answer lies in xorg.conf, just not sure of the exact commands to put there.....?

Hey, Rob dude, hope ya don't mind me posting my query here too. I thought as it was related to yours then kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak...

Nobber · #5 12th June 2007, 12:58 PM

I installed Fedora 7 on a laptop a couple of days ago and hit the same problem: the LCD's native res is 1024x768, but Fedora would only give me 800x600.

I took a look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf and noticed that it was VERY minimal. (Is Fedora pushing to abolish xorg.conf eventually, or what?) Too minimal, actually - there was no "Monitor" section. So I added one, put appropriate HorizSync and VertRefresh lines in it, restarted X, and bingo! 1024x768. As it should be.

DazBlade · #6 12th June 2007, 01:38 PM

*update*
Display Settings > Hardware Tab > Configure > chose default LCD monitor and set it to 1024x768, rebooted and now all native resolutions are available.

I hate having to use the GUI but give it a try as it has worked for me.

DazBlade · #7 12th June 2007, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobber

I installed Fedora 7 on a laptop a couple of days ago and hit the same problem: the LCD's native res is 1024x768, but Fedora would only give me 800x600.

I took a look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf and noticed that it was VERY minimal. (Is Fedora pushing to abolish xorg.conf eventually, or what?) Too minimal, actually - there was no "Monitor" section. So I added one, put appropriate HorizSync and VertRefresh lines in it, restarted X, and bingo! 1024x768. As it should be.

Funnily enough (or not) I found it easier to set up my laptop. It was just my Desktop setup that was having problems.

My laptop use nVidia so installed the relevant package and bang got my native resolution of 1920x1200...... I must admit it still took a while to work it out as I'm quit new to LINUX but still quicker than the Desktop issue.