KVM flat panel Fedora C2

[FrankBlourtango]

I'm beggining to suspect that when you do an initial installation, you should connect the subject installee directly to whatever monitor it will be on.

I have a Philips170S4 flat panel that is on the other side of my Linksys KVM switches. When I did an install of Fedora Core 1, I kept getting an overdrive error on the flat panel. Un$ettling.

I finally chickened out. It would be a shame to roast a nice flat panel. So I hooked the Linux to a Compaq S710 CRT.

I'm thinking that when I install Linux on my hotrod P4, I'll connect the monitor right to the host and eliminate the KVM as a variable. Once the box is born, I'll put everything back to KVM city.

[mdwatts]

Is there a question here or just a comment?

[undeadska]

I have a flat panel at work that is connected via a KVM and I install while the box is connected to the KVM. I am using FC1 and haven't seen this issue before.

Are you getting this message during the install or when you are loading your window manager?

[FrankBlourtango]

This was a question.

I wondered if anyone else had seen the problem. I was getting an 85KHZ ( i think ) over drive warning on my flat panel.

What conf file would I edit to fix that? xf86conf?

[undeadska]

I would check this portion of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Specifically check your HorizSync and VertRefresh values and ensure that you monitor is capable of using these refresh rates. I know on mine you can check that on the back of the monitor. You could also check out the vendor website.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "HP 7550 color monitor"
DisplaySize 380 300
HorizSync 30.0 - 86.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 140.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 865"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection