Vga help

qpsxmod · Post by **qpsxmod** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:39 am

First of all I did a search here and found some topic regrading VGA , but nothing help me yet.

I am a newbie and i have a few questions about running gentoox on VGA
I have install the homw make vga cable and everything run fine. However i can't get Gentoox to run.

I install the Gentoox, and it install fine, after i reboot, and it start up still fine, however when it is going to the Xfce gui, the monitor when black, it say "out of sync". can anyone tell me how to get it working? I put the xbox back on TV and it start up fine.

By the way it is a V1.0 Xbox.
TIA for all the help.

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:51 pm

try running xbvset and using lower values for hoc and voc

msnyder · Post by **msnyder** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:55 am

Your refresh rate is set to high. Are you using a Flat Panel?

qpsxmod · Post by **qpsxmod** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:42 am

nobspangle: how do i use xbvset, i cannot see the screen on my monitor? Do i connect it first to the tv set it and then go back to monitor?

msnyder: no, i am using a good old CRT monitor which doesn't support Sycn on green, that is why i use the LM1881 chip.

You guys are fast in response, thanks alot.

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:47 am

you need to ssh in to the box and run xbvset from there

qpsxmod · Post by **qpsxmod** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:25 am

can't i use my Tv to set it first and then connect it back to monitor? ask you know i am a total newbie, Ssh is something new to me.

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:52 pm

you can set it on you TV then move it back to the monitor, but that is a lot of messing around. SSH is very easy to use download putty from here and save it to your windows\system32 directory then click start>run and type "putty -ssh xbox" you can then log in to the xbox using username root and password xbox and run xbvset

qpsxmod · Post by **qpsxmod** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:50 pm

Thanks, I will give it a try. I will let you know the result. Thanks again.

qpsxmod · Post by **qpsxmod** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:37 pm

no luck on my vga problem.
I have try alot of setting
I use XBVSET
choose 800x600
then -NTSC -AUTO 800 600 20.00 20.00 all the way to
-NTSC -AUTO 800 600 10.00 10.00
it still couldn't show the Xfce on my monitor.
can anyone please tell me what is the best hoc and voc value for a pc monitor? thanks

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:48 am

use values less than 10,
start at 0 and work up

qpsxmod · Post by **qpsxmod** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:30 pm

I will try that, thanks again. does it matter if i use 800x600 instead of 640x480.

qpsxmod · Post by **qpsxmod** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:42 am

I think i am about to give up. I have try all the value from 0-20 . still no help. Can someone help me?