On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Nick Rout wrote: > X shouildn't need modelines these days. If the monitor gives out edid info > then X should automatically operate at all available resolutions with the > highest being the default. Not true.
Install a KVM (keyboard video monitor) switch and have two computers connected to the same keyboard/video/monitor. I did this recently, and X (ubuntu 7.10) detected my phillips P1100 21 inch monitor as 640x480 and a slow refresh rate. Don't remember the rate chosen. There is a command line tool, cvt, which will generate a mode line for a specified resolution and refresh rate. I used this tool to experimentally determine the ideal modeline, which I put in the xorg.conf file, to force X to choose a reasonable setting. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
