Alan W. Irwin wrote: > Worse yet, only the VGA one is documented in the intel man page. However, > when I tried > > Option "Monitor-VGA-1" "Sony CPD-15SF2" > > encouraged by your remark above but contrary to the man page that (finally) > solved the issue of having a good refresh rate right from startx. That is, > my special modeline was finally recognized, and the "PreferredMode" option > worked for the first time. So I am a happy camper after a couple of days > struggle with this. Thanks very much for your help and especially the > informed guess above!
Ok, now I'd like to find out why the driver uses VGA-1 on your board instead of VGA. It's usually when there are 2 VGA outputs. What kind of machine is this and what kind of monitor can you plug on it? > 1. Put a reference to the HowTo in the xorg.conf man page at the first > mention of RandR. There is a lot of other RandR stuff in that man page > now, and the HowTo reference would make sense of it. > > 2. Change the intel man page so that it is clear VGA and VGA-1 are accepted > in the above Option command. Right now it says only VGA which screwed me > up completely with regard to adding a special modeline and using the > "PreferredMode" option. Right, I'll try to make upstream improve the manpages accordingly. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
