I remember now. CHEEK! Joseph Cheek. He made a pretty tasty distribution.
Mike -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [expert] monitor refresh rates Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 22:18:38 -0500 From: gnerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That's the beauty of Linux. People who make distributions are free to target specific audiences. Mandrake started out targeting 586+ processors, and the peripherals one would reasonably expect for that class of machine. Red Hat typically targets cutting-edge folks who want the latest and greatest, even if it means some instability. Caldera started out being the "stable" Linux back in kernel 0.99 days. Now they seem to be corporate whores. There was a Mormon on the Caldera list named Joseph, in Orem, Utah (can't dredge up his last name to save my life) in the early days who has his own distribution now, and it's rating pretty favorably in the "ease of use" and "customization" categories. I guess my point is, if you have hardware that's not supported by one distribution, research others, looking for a better fit. But don't expect Mandrake to fill your every need...it's literally resource impossible. And if you can't find a decent fit, rob some other distributions, make the one you need and give it away. Everything changes all the time. Mike Lorne Shantz wrote: > I was surprised to see that my Viewsonic A110 monitor wasn't listed in the > common settings. I thought it was a very common monitor. ?? Even Redmon linux > has it. ?? > > I had this same problem You had a couple of years ago. It was pretty common to > have a monitor that didn't have preset info in it. You should be able to go to > your manual and get the info you need, or their web site. Then you can do a > custom setup and just plug in the info rather than going into your config file > if you like. At least you used to be able to do that. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Steve wrote: >> >> >>>Can someone please help me with setting up my monitor refresh rates? My >>>monitor( CTX PR710) is capable of 1152x864 with a vertical refresh rate >>>of either 85Hz or 100Hz, but X keeps on wanting to set my monitor at a >>>refresh rate of 75Hz. How in the heck can I setup X to use the right >>>refresh rate? I'm using a Geforce 256 DDR, with the latest drivers from >>>Nvidia. I would appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >>Try taking a look here: >> >> http://www.griffintechnology.com/monitor.html >> >>Find your monitor refresh rates then use them to edit your XF86Config-4 >>file. It's possible that the modes in your config file are set too low >>and the X-server is tossing them out as invalid. >> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > -- > > Lorne Shantz > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Can I tell you something? Let me tell you something: If you expect the freedom that you say is yours, prove that you deserve it! Help us to preserve it! Or being free will just be words and nothing more! -Kansas- -- Can I tell you something? Let me tell you something: If you expect the freedom that you say is yours, prove that you deserve it! Help us to preserve it! Or being free will just be words and nothing more! -Kansas-
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