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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: monitor identification question (Gnome)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:09:44
Message-Id: hqan5g$egc$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] monitor identification question (Gnome) by David Relson
1 On 04/15/2010 05:38 PM, David Relson wrote:
2 > I just retired my Viewsonic 19" CRT in favor of a Viewsonic VX2433WM.
3 > Looking in Xorg.0.log it's obviously recognized (as the following lines
4 > indicate):
5 >
6 > (II) RADEON(0): Serial No: R4F100901594
7 > (II) RADEON(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 24 H max: 82
8 > kHz, PixClock max 210 MHz
9 > (II) RADEON(0): Monitor name: VX2433wm
10 >
11 > However in Gnome's Display Preferences dialog, the monitor type shows
12 > up as "Unknown". What can be done about this?
13 >
14 > Additionally, a box saying "Unknown" (black text on cyan background)
15 > appears on my screen at the upper left corner. This wouldn't matter
16 > except that I like my Gnome panel at the top of the screen and the box
17 > blocks the Main Menu icon. The box appears to be a repeat of the Gnome
18 > Display Preferences dialog's "Unknown" monitor info. How can one nuke
19 > the box?
20
21 Hm. I see the same annoying box at the top left, but only while I have
22 the Display preferences dialog open. When I close the dialog, the top-
23 left box disappears.
24
25 Do you still have a process running named gnome-display-properties even
26 after you close the Display preferences dialog box?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: monitor identification question (Gnome) David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>