[PLUG] New monitor

[Jim Webb]

Aaron,

Are you a student at PSU or faculty?  How is Jim Binkley doing?

TIA for your tip.

Jim

On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 22:11, Aaron Baer wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 04:10, Jim Webb wrote:
> > > In your XF86Config file[1], the only changes you'll need to make are
> > > to the 'HorizSync' and 'VertRefresh' settings. You ought to be able to
> > > get those range settings right out of the manual or, lacking that,
> > > from the manufacturer's web site.
> > 
> > I'm running RH 8 and migrating from a Viewsonic 15" monitor to a Dell P990 19" 
> > monitor.  
> 
> I think learning how the config file is written is awesome and you
> should continue. However, I also wanted to point out that in rh8 there
> is now a configuration tool in Hat->System Settings->Display with
> various things to set, it will also probe your monitor and or give you a
> list of monitors to choose from. At this point you still have to restart
> X for the setting to take effect but I would imagine changing screen
> resolutions and things like that on the fly will (It's now in the more
> new versions of Xfree86) will happen in the next few releases...
> 
> A-
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