Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?
Hello Jonathan,
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jonathan Gift wrote:
> Does the install procedure on Potato require you dig up the monitor's
> frequency rate, etc,
Yes it does. You can of course always choose one of the least demanding
modes for the hardware (640x480, 16 colours (in fact this is what
XF86Setup does. Uses this mode with the VGA16 server to throw you directly
into X for a graphical configuration and later on switches to the
better settings you supplied)).
But if you want to get the best out of your hardware, you should know the
capabilities of your monitor/graphics card. Most modern monitors have
protection circuits against a dotclock which is too high, so at least you
can't damage anything anymore (But be careful! Older monitors (and
perhaps also some of the newer ones, I don't know) don't have
this feature). So it would not be bad, if you could get the information
(as you have to enter it in XF86Setup anyway).
Regards,
Daniel
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