Re: using modeplot to find an Xwindow setup
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 12:44:14AM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> my matrox millennium card is driving a memorex telex (mfg july
> 1993) monitor, for which i can't find any specs, even thru
> google.
>
> i've tried 'get-edid' and it borked my system beyond all hope --
> a hardware reset was the only wakeup call it responded to!
>
> okay, i've got "modeplot.sh" (and gnuplot) and running it shows
> that i will be able to figure what resolutions are possible
> (where the diagonals intersect the space between the two
> horizontals (vertical refresh bounds) and the vertical-esque
> sweeps (horizonal refresh bounds).
>
> what other tools are available to snoop into my monitor's
> abilities? clock speed -- unknown. vert refresh -- unknown.
> horiz refresh -- unknown. aaugh!
Try xvidtune.
Pigeon
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