Just fyi, sometimes win9x *wiil* mess up. Especially if you go from a
new, big, spiffy monitor to an old 14". You end up booting in safe
mode. As for X, I'd choose a low-end, generic monitor *before* you
unplug the old one. Then when you boot with the new monitor, change it
to it's settings. There is a CLI utility, xf86setup (I think, it's
close anyway). In theory if you were just swapping monitors, you could
kill the X session, drop to a CLI, swap monitors, edit config file,
startx & have it work.
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Joseph Red
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Neal Lippman wrote:
>
> I have a question for the Xperts (sorry, bad joke) on switching monitors
> under X. I keep reading about the important of properly configuring X for
> your monitor because setting up the wrong refresh rates, etc, in the x
> configuration files can "fry" your monitor.
>
> I don't know how seriously to take this warning. I currently am using an old
> HP UltraVGA 1280, which I selected on installing X in the MDK install
> procedure. I am likely to buy a new monitor in the new future, either a 19"
> or 21" CRT or a 17" TFT, and wiht that sort of expense I don't relish
> trashing the monitor on the first boot-up!
>
> I notice, for instance, that if you change the monitor on a Win system, you
> don't seem to need to worry - is that because Windows is better at PNP
> detecting the monitor and properly setting it up or because by default it
> uses such conservative settings that it is unlikely to exceed the monitor's
> specs?
>
> I am guess that the best way to handle this is to connect up the new
> monitor, boot to runlevel 3 (I use runlevel 5 and KDM by default), edit the
> X configuration, and then startx or reboot at runlevel 5. I suppose I could
> edit the X config files by hand if I can ensure that I can find all the
> necessary ones and properly change them. Is there an XConfigurator type of
> program that can be run without X being started (eg from a tty) to automate
> the process more?
>
> Any help appreciated so I don't trash a new monitor!
> Neal
