On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:51, Rik Tindall wrote: > # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
There are no mode lines in the file. Whilst they are no longer essential for the X Windowing Server to function in a rough and ready sort of way they are very useful on those occasions when you need precisely the correct frequency. This is one of those occasions. Set up a mode line to yield the correct video frequencies _*precisely*_. Read the Video Timings HOWTO and use the calculator to generate the required line. Edit the mode line into the XF86Config-4 file, and restart the X server. btw, you'd probably be better off using the x.org server in preference to the the dead-end XFree86 one. Take care, don't just mindlessly buggerize around with the mode line, because it is quite possible to literally fry your monitor, as in smoke pouring out, if you send it out of range synch signals. I will not accept any liability whatsoever if you do that. ok? You might find the X utility called xvidtune useful also. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
