Re: XF86Config

[Jeffrey Baker <jwbaker@acm.org>]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:42:56AM -0500, Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> |      I am going to have to use an old, undocumented machine while I am
> | on vacation for the next several weeks.
> | 
> |      I plan to bring my own hard disk with Debian installed, but my
> | XF86Config-4 will not work with this undocumented monitor.  
> | 
> |      Is there any tool that will probe the monitor and determine the
> | allowable refresh rates and/or other parameters?  Is there a generic
> | configuration that can be used safely with most monitors?
> 
> Check out http://www.monitorworld.com for monitor specs....

Also use XFree86 to probe for supported scan rates.  When the 
X server starts, it will print out whatever data it can find 
about the monitor in XFree86.0.log.  If this monitor is at 
all recent, it will spit out plenty of info :)

-jwb


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