Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:06:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Subject: Re: X.org configuration in sysinstall Message-ID: <20040830105944.Y85743@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200408301135.53552.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20040825150547.GI6962@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20040829163858.Q69068@carver.gumbysoft.com> <200408301135.53552.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:09, Doug White wrote: > > > It finds the highest resolution supported by your card _and_ monitor. > > > > .... at 8 bit color, which is the part that really bothers me. > > Yeah that IS kind of dumb. > > It'd be interesting to now how the heuristic works for that so it can be made > more useful for modern hardware.. It uses DDC to download your monitor's specs from the monitor itself, then matches it up to a set of builtin modelines at the given bitdepth. I think it prefers resolution over refresh, but it depends on the limiting factor, the card's clock or the monitor's frequency ranges. Looking at the output in /var/log/Xorg.0.log should illuminate its choices. I generally end up adding a DefaultDepth and a Modes line at that depth to force the resolution a specific way. I haven't ever tried Xorg -configure -depth 24 and see if it spits out a DefaultDepth line... -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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