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"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> writes:
> I will have to look closer at the DDC specification. I don't recall it
> giving this vertical refresh and horizontal sync information.

Yes, it does.  I have a Compaq V70 here (manufactured 1997-20) with
DDC1 support, EDID version 1.1; XFree86 correctly detects (and logs)
the supported frequency ranges.

> In the many times that I have used "XFree86 -configure" it seems like I
> always have to manually set the VertRefresh and HorizSync.

I've never had that problem.

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