On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:14:52PM +0100, Tim Small wrote: > When necessary (e.g. long cable runs, or dot-clock limited DVI outputs), > I've always been able to get the dotclock down far enough by reducing > the refresh rate and/or using reduced blanking. All my 1920x1200 > monitors have been happy with the result (right down to 1920x1200@24Hz, > with reduced blank periods). Some versions of the 'cvt' utility will > allow the generation of reduced blanking modes at any vertical refresh > rate (some won't). > > Yes, it's fiddling with XF86 Modelines again - just like you used to > love back in the 1990s!
I remember helping a roommate in unversity in 1994 calculate a modeline with a calculator to perfectly center the X display on his monitor (which had crappy controls). What a nightmare. The result was excellent though. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
