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Offline ollerref

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No input signal on monitor
« on: June 14, 2011, 05:52:28 PM »
Using kde4.  Monitor says no input signal.  Change to 1440x900?????????????????    How to do this?

Offline ThirdOfSix

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Re: No input signal on monitor
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2011, 06:55:51 PM »
ollerref,

You have not told us enough. Was it working and then stopped?

Is it a new install that you have not yet had working?

More importantly, what video card are you using.

Do you have one monitor or two?

Do you have a KVM switch connected to your system?

Was the monitor that is giving that indication connected to the video card on boot?

When the video card sends out the wrong signal, some monitors say "no input signal" and some say "signal out of range".

Therefore, "no input signal does not necessarily actually mean that there is not signal.

It more likely means that the monitor can not handle the signal that is being sent.

After an update last night, my system with an nvidia fx 5200 is giving the same indication after I rebooted this afternoon.

Luck for me, my hp2035 monitors will print out what signal is being received when they power on. My system is now sending a 28hz video refresh to the monitor and it does not like it.

So, for now, I just rebooted that machine with the test-kde-2011.6 livecd and I will deal with the problem later.

If your monitor tells what the input looks like, check it and see.

An other thought is that if you booted the machine without the monitor turned  on, the xserver will not be told the characteristics of the monitor and will make a wild guess which can cause the same indication.

« Last Edit: June 14, 2011, 11:26:47 PM by ThirdOfSix »

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Re: No input signal on monitor
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2011, 09:01:51 PM »
more info please, there is basic rules on a forum, you can't just say that you have a problem and give no info, people can opt to ignore your problem and leave you alone

do you have image or just black screen with that message?

just a shot in the dark, have you changed recently the screen resolution?

have you checked the cables on the monitor and the cpu/video card?

are you completely updated?
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Re: No input signal on monitor
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2011, 07:00:36 PM »

If you think that the system has completely finished booting and you have a black screen, hold the "ctrl" and "alt" keys down then press the "F1" key. (CTL+ALT+F1) This should take you to a new terminal session.  Login as root with your root password.  type: XFdrake (note uppercase XF).  This should bring you to the basic video setup.  Use the "tab" and "enter" keys to navigate and change your resolution. Once you have saved the configuration and closed XFdrake type: init 6 to reboot.  You may have to repeat the process several times to get the correct monitor/refresh combination.  Had to do this recently to configure a cheap Philips 24" TV where the refresh rate was wrong.

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Re: No input signal on monitor
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2011, 06:18:22 PM »
OK thanks folks.  I'll try all suggestions.  AND, I'll make sure I give as much info as I can when requesting help.