Re: need help with xorg.conf

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-03-13 16:06, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:34:15 -0500 (EST), Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 2010-03-13 13:57, Stephen Powell wrote:
> > > As I mentioned in another post,
> > > there are some things, such as HorizSync and VertRefresh, that cannot
> > > be overridden for a plug-and-play monitor.  I don't like that trend at all.
> >
> > Incorrect values might bzzt the monitor??
>
> Possibly, but not likely.  In the early days, some of the cheapest
> monitors did not have protection circuitry that will shut them
> down if they are driven beyond safe limits.  But as another poster pointed
> out, any monitor modern enough to support plug-and-play (DDC2/EDID)
> is almost certain to have internal protection circuitry that will
> shut it down if driven outside of safe limits.
>
> Nevertheless, in the unlikely event that I fry my monitor by overriding the
> EDID specs, I asked for it, didn't I?

Stephen, Stephen, Stephen.  There's a butt-load more lawyers than 
there are engineers, and there's 1500 metric ass loads more stupid 
people than there are engineers.

"I want control!!!"
"OK, you have control."
Bzzt.
"Why didn't you protect me from myself?"

>                                       I'm an engineer.

0.000029% of the population.

>                                                        Give me full
> control.  If I fry my monitor, I have no-one to blame but myself.

Three words: hot McDonalds coffee.

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