On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 03:53:16PM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote:
> On 5/2/05, Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 08:45:16PM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, just because the register exists doesn't mean we pay attention
> > > to it the way they expect us to. Say, for instance, there's a way to
> > > specify video timing. We are only intested in the resolution. We'll
> > > totally ignore the clock programming and other timing numbers.
> >
> > Something isn't coming through here. This appears to mean something
> > I doubt you intended. If xorg.conf can't set exact numerical values for all
> > nine of the video timing parameters, how can we expect to even get a
> > viewable display? At least, you can't on most of the monitors I've worked
> > with.
>
> What I said only applies to VGA modes. Anything x.org does bypasses
> the VGA emulation and uses the video controller directly, which has
> all the timing flexibility you need.
OK. And specifying exact timings other than through xorg.conf would
only apply to the Fixed Frequency Monitor feature (when optional features
become open to consideration).
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