On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:49, Carl Cerecke wrote: > Matthew Gregan wrote: > >>Why use modelines at all? > > > > They're useful for situations when you need a particular mode that is > > not otherwise available for whatever reason, e.g. the mode is just on > > the edge of what the monitor can do, or the aspect ratio is unusual. > > Years ago I had a monitor that could do 1600x1200 at 75 hz. I preferred > 80hz, so made a custom modeline that would give me the highest > resolution at 80 hz. Turned out to be something like 1536x1128. I've > even destroyed a monitor by running it beyond its spec. > > I have fond memories of the old days when configuring X by hand was a > rite of installation. It's just too easy for the young'uns these days. > Want everything handed to them on a plate. And I walked 20 miles to > school, barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways, yadda yadda yadda
omigod, reminds me of fiddling around with X on Slackware 2.8 ;) Took me quite a few tries to get it running on my old 486 tower that Andy George took off my hands recently. I _never_ tried X when I started out with SLS 1.0 running on Linux 0.99pl[???] Tried it with fvwm and olvwm, loved olvwm, except for the way it could multiply workspaces without reason and then lock up - I only had 8MB of RAM! ;) And twm, I think, hated that. But I got used to the NT 4.0 interface while I was doing a job-and-a-half at the University of Canterbury Library computer-cataloging music scores in 2000-2001, so I use kde nowadays. > > Cheers, > Carl. Have fun! -- Wesley Parish * * * Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish * * * Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
