From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 07:57:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E79616A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 07:57:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.des.no (flood.des.no [217.116.83.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC6B843D31 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 07:57:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: by smtp.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id C4AD6530E; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:57:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.228.37]) by smtp.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id 0CBB9530A; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:57:46 +0100 (CET) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 8F77B33CA3; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:57:46 +0100 (CET) To: "Jeremy C. Reed" References: From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:57:46 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Jeremy C. Reed's message of "Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:56:14 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.090024 (Oort Gnus v0.24) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on flood.des.no X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=no version=2.63 cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Most wanted X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:57:53 -0000 "Jeremy C. Reed" writes: > Does XFree86 4.4 include comprehensive Monitor databases (like > hwdata-knoppix) and automatically use the correct VertRefresh and > HorizSync for your monitor? Modern monitors (since about 1997) have DDC which allows XFree86 to get that information straight from the horse's mouth. Works great in my experience, except for some laptops which don't report the LCD panel geometry correctly (Latitude D800 comes to mind). > Does XFree86 4.4 configuration automatically include the best (common) > resolutions and modes? The only real problem I've had is that XFree86 doesn't always pick the highest vertical refresh frequency supported by the monitor. That should be easy to fix. For all I know, it might already be fixed in 4.4 - I still run 4.3, and when I run into this I just add a bogus VertRefresh line claiming that the monitor doesn't support anything below 75 Hz. > Beginners don't want to manually edit their XF86Config. (Defaulting to > depth 8 and the common 640x480 is not good enough.) have you actually tried 'X -configure'? DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no