Pedro Rosa wrote:
>
> Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> >
> > Pedro Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Just in case. First it seems that some "generic"
> > > resolutions/frequencies, seen on default X config files, are badly
> > > understood on some laptops. Screen gets seriously trashed in an ASCII
> > > rainbow.
> >
> > Not real surprise..
> >
> > > Besides I found an interesting feature on one notebook & recent
> > > XFree-4.0.1 builds (4.0 didn't seem to have it). On an ATI Rage 3D I had
> > > to COMMENT every reference to frequencies on the config file. It seems
> > > that that chip "understood" internally the presence of a LCD monitor.
> > > And X driver supported it. What lead me to this was the fact that X was
> > > giving some phrase of this kind: "found settings on config. Overriding
> > > chip internal (...) LCD monitor settings". I can't check that string
> > > now, but, by commenting the freqencies, I managed to run X in all
> > > supported resolutions/colors.
> >
> > Ok, so this is for XF3, supposedly? XFree-4 config files should not have
> > frequencies specifications (e.g. modelines).
> No. XF4. HorizSync & VertRefresh should be commented. On XF3 one should
> choose some quite low frequencies (LCDs, in fact, do not need them).
LCDs shouldnt have them apparently, but for normal CRTs you should have the
HorizSync and the VertRefresh specified in the Monitor section. I lock my CRT
monitor to 75 Hz refresh by maxing my VertRefresh at 75.
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