FWIW, there are inline VGA devices that can be used to provide EDID to the graphics card, useful where display devices don’t parse this info correctly or at all. One such device at a reasonable price:
Way ahead of you hehe 
Well you are right on all counts and I already did extended research regarding the SyncMaster and linux form day 1 as it is easy to see that somehow the issue is the monitor (technician background took over).
None the less being utterly stubborn as usual and determined to make it work I decided to, as you said, reach the end of the road, cause at the end of the day reaching to a solution it wouldn’t only be beneficial for me but to many other with the same issues as well. Anyhow at least now I know that I did more or less what I could before I gave up.
I just installed on the system my newer monitor, an ASUS VW225NL which has a DVI input. I am about to replace it sometime soon anyway so its not really a loss, plus the SyncMaster is almost as good for short time as a primary monitor:D
In the beginning had the same issues even though xorg.0.log showed all detailed info retrieved from the EDID. Some editing of xorg.conf did the trick however and finally I can see SuSE Linux on a clear monitor.
They look so good I have to admit hehe:D
Thanks for your help and your patience mate. Truth to be told never encountered such a big problem in linux and I am using SuSE occationally sinse 7.1, so it was all new to me.
Greatly appreciated your contribution.
I just saw the D-sub and straight awaty thought about the DVI adapter and the issues it may create:D
Way ahead of you hehe
Well you are right on all counts and I already did extended research regarding the SyncMaster and linux form day 1 as it is easy to see that somehow the issue is the monitor (technician background took over).
None the less being utterly stubborn as usual and determined to make it work I decided to, as you said, reach the end of the road, cause at the end of the day reaching to a solution it wouldn’t only be beneficial for me but to many other with the same issues as well. Anyhow at least now I know that I did more or less what I could before I gave up.
You sound just like me (technician/engineering background, stubborn… determined to make it work etc). Sometimes we need a reality check 
Hehe. Yeah reality checks are useful as long as they come at the right time:). Too early just makes you give up and too late makes a fool out of you
For anyone that experience the same, or similar problems with the fglrx drivers and monitor configuration, here is the aticonfig --help contents.
Unfortunately I myself found them after giving up on the approach to config the display using the aticonfig tool.
Nonetheless if someone wants to give it a try, I suspect that it might be possible to force the drivers to function on certain settings even though they might not look supported by the hardware(due to any reason, e.g unreadable EDID).
In case someone tries that approach I would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks.
k-a wrote:
>
> Way ahead of you hehe
> Well you are right on all counts and I already did extended research
> regarding the SyncMaster and linux form day 1 as it is easy to see
> that somehow the issue is the monitor (technician background took
> over). None the less being utterly stubborn as usual and determined to
> make it work I decided to, as you said, reach the end of the road,
> cause at the end of the day reaching to a solution it wouldnât only
> be beneficial for me but to many other with the same issues as well.
> Anyhow at least now I know that I did more or less what I could before
> I gave up.
>
> I just installed on the system my newer monitor, an ASUS VW225NL which
> has a DVI input. I am about to replace it sometime soon anyway so its
> not really a loss, plus the SyncMaster is almost as good for short
> time as a primary monitor:D
>
> In the beginning had the same issues even though xorg.0.log showed all
> detailed info retrieved from the EDID. Some editing of xorg.conf did
> the trick however and finally I can see SuSE Linux on a clear monitor.
> They look so good I have to admit hehe:D
>
> Thanks for your help and your patience mate. Truth to be told never
> encountered such a big problem in linux and I am using SuSE
> occationally sinse 7.1, so it was all new to me.
> Greatly appreciated your contribution.
>
Do you know what the difference is between a SyncMaster 2233 and your
2243? I have a 2233 that has worked out of the box with 11.2 up. Its
working fine on 11.4 MS5 also. I do have a Nvidia GS8499 graphic card.
they sell for $75. of less here in US. Also my motherboad is Intel.
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Russ
openSUSE 11.3 (2.6.34.7-0.7-default)|KDE 4.6.0 Release 375|
Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS
Nvidia 260.19.29|
Though I am not using ati but nvidia my samsung tv monitor edid didn’t behave
properly. In the xorg.conf monitor section I added a line for edid I got somewhere.
and atleast works. See the last line
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "SAMSUNG"
HorizSync 26.0 - 68.0
VertRefresh 24.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "false"
The main problem with that samsung monitor is a bit blurry fonts and the login screen is terrible, it is so large that cannot accomodate the user name and password.
After I added the line It was corrected. The resolution of this monitor is 1920 x 1080.
The main difference is the fact that 2233 has DVI as far as I can see. 2243NW does not, at least the one I have. Some 2243xx versions however have DVI inputs.
Unfortunately ATI drivers dont you that possibility. Apparently is available only in Nvidia drivers.
k-a wrote:
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> upscope;2286315 Wrote:
>>
>> Do you know what the difference is between a SyncMaster 2233 and your
>> 2243? I have a 2233 that has worked out of the box with 11.2 up. Its
>> working fine on 11.4 MS5 also. I do have a Nvidia GS8499 graphic
>> card. they sell for $75. of less here in US. Also my motherboad is
>> Intel.
>>
> The main difference is the fact that 2233 has DVI as far as I can see.
> 2243NW does not, at least the one I have. Some 2243xx versions however
> have DVI inputs.
>
Thanks. I do not use the DVI on my 2233. One thing I do do, even thouugh
they say its not necessary, is run /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig after
install. Also i have always used the hardway install and downloaded the
driver from Nvidia’s website. Repository version always gives me a
dependence error.
Not sure if there is an equal process for ATI drivers.
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Russ
openSUSE 11.3 (2.6.34.7-0.7-default)|KDE 4.6.0 Release 375|
Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS
Nvidia 260.19.29|