Re: Finding monitor refresh rates? - SOLVED

To: Karsten Heymann <karsten.heymann@gmx.de>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Finding monitor refresh rates? - SOLVED
From: Patrick Kirk <patrick@kirks.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 11:18:05 +0100
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On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:54:14PM +0200, Karsten Heymann wrote:
>The read-edid Package finds that out for you if your monitor is
>dde-capable. Install it and run
>
>get-edid | parse-edid 
>
>The output can be directly copied into the XF86Config file for XFree 4.
>

What a fabulous tip!  I've just done  acomplete reinstall.  The configuration of X has always been a nightmare.  However XFree86 -configure coupled with your suggestion means that for the first time ever X worked perfectly on the first go!

Many thanks - I wonder if its one of the Debian Newbie tips?  

Patrick

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