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darkarchon
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 Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:37 am Post subject: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors does not exist |
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When I run the xf86config tool I get the following during one of the steps:
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The valid range for horizontal sync and vertical sync should be documented
in the manual of your monitor. If in doubt, check the monitor database
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors to see if your monitor is there.
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So I attempt to hope on over to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors
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bash-2.05b# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors
bash: cd: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors: No such file or directory
bash-2.05b# more /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors: No such file or directory
bash-2.05b#
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Ok. So what the heck is going on ? What happened to my "Monitors" file ?
I believe I have all the XFree stuff I need.
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bash-2.05b# emerge search xfree
Searching...
[ Results for search key : xfree ]
[ Applications found : 3 ]
* games-board/xfreecell
Latest version available: 1.0.5b
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 1,232 kB
Homepage: http://www2.giganet.net/~nakayama/
Description: A freecell game for X
License: as-is
* x11-base/xfree
Latest version available: 4.3.0-r5
Latest version installed: 4.3.0-r5
Size of downloaded files: 71,130 kB
Homepage: http://www.xfree.org
Description: Xfree86: famous and free X server
License: Adobe-X CID DEC DEC-2 IBM-X NVIDIA-X NetBSD SGI UCB-LBL XC-2 bigelow-holmes-urw-gmbh-luxi christopher-g-demetriou national-semiconductor noki a tektronix the-open-group todd-c-miller x-truetype xfree86-1.0 MIT SGI-B BSD FT L | GPL-2 MSttfEULA
* x11-base/xfree-drm
Latest version available: 4.3.0-r7
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 1,008 kB
Homepage: http://dri.sf.net
Description: XFree86 Kernel DRM modules
License: X11
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Please help !!
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franoculator
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:45 am Post subject: |
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xf86config will allow you to specify a monitor, or it will let you provide the HorizSync and VertRefresh numbers on your own.
Dig around on the website for your monitor manufacturer, and you will find what you need, in the technical specifications section of the manual. |
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deadaim
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 8:09 am Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure you havn't done anything wrong. I was helping set up my friend's laptop, and I didn't know what to put in for the h-sync and v-sync. I tried looking in the Monitors file but it did not exist. I ended up not entering the values at all.
BTW, the monitor belonged to the Dell 600m SXGA laptop. |
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darkarchon
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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I did figure out the specs for my monitor by digging around on the web. But I was curious about what the heck happened to the missing "Monitors" file. Did I fail to install something ? Or is it missing for everyone ?
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franoculator
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I am running xfree-4.3.0-r5, and I don't have that file either. |
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langthang
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| darkarchon wrote: | | I did figure out the specs for my monitor by digging around on the web. But I was curious about what the heck happened to the missing "Monitors" file. Did I fail to install something ? Or is it missing for everyone ? |
If you want DOC then
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# USE="doc" emerge <package> |
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pjp
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Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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