> 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.
Nail --> head! > btw, you'd probably be better off using the x.org server in preference to the > the dead-end XFree86 one. Yes, distros are turning x.org. > 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. People keep on saying that. While true in the mid/late 80s on monitors with purely analog circuitry (i.e. no digital controls), can anyone confirm a case of this having happened on a contemporary highly computerised monitor? I'd expect the computer in the monitor to be quite capable of switching off when fed with unacceptable frequencies. > You might find the X utility called xvidtune useful also. Yes, even more so if you have a second LCD to look at and which keeps working when the CRT (or projector) suddenly shows a black desktop on a black background because the last adjustment step you tried took some frequency out of acceptable range. Bloody annoying to undo without any useable display! Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
