From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tmika@t-online.de (Thorsten Mika) Subject: contrast on a fixed frequency monitor Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:10:24 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20020712181024.423de415.tmika@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.81]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17T30H-0003F3-00 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:10:45 -0700 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net hi list, i am a newbie to linux-fbdev and got a problem: i am trying to use the fbdev stuff from 2.4.18 on a ati rage lt (mach 64) chipset to make it sync the textmode on my hitachi hm4419-d fixed frequency monitor. everything runs fine so far, i can load the atyfb module and make fbset switch the video settings to a readable image, buit obviously the contrast and brightness of the image are very high. switching over to the restarted x-server reveals an image that is a bit scrambled in some parts (like being doubled, but not completely messed up) which is also equipped with far too much contrast. turning down the contrast on the monitor makes things a bit better, but it still is very high makeing me fear for my monitor's health :-) any hint? thx in advance, thorsten -- Thorsten Mika mailto:tmika@t-online.de Hamm / Germany TM5173-RIPE ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Gadgets, caffeine, t-shirts, fun stuff. http://thinkgeek.com/sf