From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 12 07:33:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5588F37B401 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 07:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 468C443F75 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 07:33:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 7FBC55308; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:33:25 +0200 (CEST) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: "MArek" From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:33:25 +0200 In-Reply-To: <001b01c300cb$a30aa210$1b09a8c0@master> ("MArek"'s message of "Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:15:09 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.2 References: <001b01c300cb$a30aa210$1b09a8c0@master> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X Server and LCD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:33:30 -0000 "MArek" writes: > My old CRT is a bit broken so I decided to buy new screen. I d like to get > an LCD monitor. I also use FreeBSD , X ver.4.2 server and GNOME 2.2. > And now my question: Do I have to setup my X for that monitor, or maybe just > change name, vendor, refresh modes in my XF86Config ? > I am not going to use DVI.... Try 'X -configure' and look at the resulting /root/XF86Config.new. Most monitors built in the last five years have the capability to report brand & model info as well as device characteristics back to the computer, and XFree86 4 uses this to compute optimal modelines for the monitor. One caveat is that when XFree86 selects the mode to use, it gives resolution precedence over everything else - color depth, refresh rate etc. I generally solve that by adding a DefaultDepth line to the Screen section to force it to pick a 16- or 24-bit mode, and a fake VertRefresh line to the Monitor section to prevent it from selecting modes with refresh rates below 75 Hz. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org