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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:08:55 -0700 |
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walt wrote: |
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> On 04/15/2010 05:38 PM, David Relson wrote: |
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> > I just retired my Viewsonic 19" CRT in favor of a Viewsonic |
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> > VX2433WM. Looking in Xorg.0.log it's obviously recognized (as the |
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> > following lines indicate): |
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> > |
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> > (II) RADEON(0): Serial No: R4F100901594 |
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> > (II) RADEON(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 24 H max: 82 |
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> > kHz, PixClock max 210 MHz |
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> > (II) RADEON(0): Monitor name: VX2433wm |
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> > |
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> > However in Gnome's Display Preferences dialog, the monitor type |
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> > shows up as "Unknown". What can be done about this? |
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> > Additionally, a box saying "Unknown" (black text on cyan background) |
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> > appears on my screen at the upper left corner. This wouldn't matter |
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> > except that I like my Gnome panel at the top of the screen and the |
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> > box blocks the Main Menu icon. The box appears to be a repeat of |
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> > the Gnome Display Preferences dialog's "Unknown" monitor info. How |
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> > can one nuke the box? |
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> Hm. I see the same annoying box at the top left, but only while I |
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> have the Display preferences dialog open. When I close the dialog, |
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> the top- left box disappears. |
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> Do you still have a process running named gnome-display-properties |
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> even after you close the Display preferences dialog box? |
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Interesting question, but it's too late for me to answer it. While |
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googling the subject I learned that the ATI driver (or some of |
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its revisions) only check monitor type upon startup. I restarted |
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X with ctl-alt-backspace and the extra box went away. |
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gnome-display-properties _still_ says "unknown", but the annoying |
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box is gone. |
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