On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 10:52:49AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Miroslav Silovic wrote: > >> While RandR probably has nothing to do with this (correct me if I'm >> wrong here :) ), is it possible to dynamically change the monitor >> refresh rates? Some people I'm working with consider this absolutely >> essential (although the applications are exotic. Think PAL playback). Is >> there already any tool that does this? Is there anything that needs to >> be added to the X server to support this? > > You can have multiple modelines in the XF86Config and a client >can switch through them with the XF86VidMode extension. > >> >> I know that just dropping the proper set of modelines into XF86Config >> would probably solve this, but this solution is far from user-friendly. >> And it also leaves the problem of autogenerating these modelines from >> some more general monitor profile. >> > > All modelines need validation before the root window comes up >so they need to be in the XF86Config file from the start.
It's supposed to be possible to modify existing modes and add new modes with the XF86VidMode extension, although I have seen reports of it not working and I don't know if it has been fixed. The new modes are supposed to be validated before being accepted. David _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
