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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:19:01 -0400
From: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com>
To: "Perry Hutchison" <perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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Subject: Re: Too many Xorg modes
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On 8/25/06, Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/24/06, Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote:
> > In 6.1, how would I set up xorg.conf to restrict Xorg to a few
> > specific modes?  The Xorg.8.log created during xorgcfg shows 24
> > modelines, but when I cycle through the modes using CtrlAltPlus
> > there are two which don't work at all and the remaining 22 cover
> > only 8 resolutions (of which only about 3 seem likely to actually
> > be useful.)
>
> I don't know if there is an easier way, but I just copy the modelines
> I like from the log and paste them in the xorg.conf file. Put them in
> the "Monitor" section.

To address your second paragraph: in my case at least, including
explicit modelines suppresses the automatic modes. I only get the ones
explicitly listed. This has worked in both XFree86 and Xorg.

- Bob