From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 5 15:43:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03083 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:43:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cc.dixie.edu (cc.dixie.edu [144.38.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA03057 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:42:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kerby@bengali.npl.com) Received: from [38.241.82.72] by cc.dixie.edu; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/18Jan96-0134PM) id AA32245; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:45:49 -0600 Message-Id: <005101bd90d3$64e26620$4852f126@kellogg> Reply-To: "Kerby Smith" From: "Kerby Smith" To: Subject: frying monitors Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 17:43:39 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, sorry if i did this whole thing wrong, this is my first time writing to a help thingy hehe... im VERY new to FreeBSD... so new i havent even installed it yet... but was reading some so i could learn some stuff new people have problems with before *i* start. i had a question about this: run xf86config as root (very carefully! a wrong answer can fry your monitor so run it again if you made a mistake) setting it up wrong can LITERALLY fry my monitor!? i mean like, to where it explodes, smokes, or stuff like that? things that i have to buy a new monitor for!? sorry to seem so shocked, i just, have never heard of software having the ability to kill someone's monitor (and im kinda worried now cause i have a expensive 17" heh) thanks alot kerby smith :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerby Smith kerby@bengali.npl.com I am Guilty of Murder... Blame me for the death of Jesus Christ, because it was for my sins that he was tortured and crucified! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message