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Dr Paul Kinsler wrote:
> 
> Charles Packer <packer@shell.clark.net> wrote:
> > It came down to this: Windows 95 doesn't care what video monitor
> > I attach to the used Compaq Deskpro I bought recently. With
> > Linux, it's a big deal to switch over from an older fixed-scan
> > model to an upscale multiscan model.
> 
> Neither does Linux.  Just stick in the generic defaults of
> (S)VGA xserver and (S)VGA monitor, and all should be well.
> And there is the XF86Setup graphical install prog, which
> took me only a few mins to use today.
> 
> OK, you want to fine tune stuff, you need to go fiddle about.
> But to get up and running takes little effort if you use
> XF86Setup.  You did read the XFree howto's, didnt you?
> 

He was probably using Red Hat, they ripped out the XF86Setup and installed the
"Xconfigurator" which works well if everything's already perfect, but if
you've got some sort of problem, it doesn't work well and may not work at all.
I recently had to download an XFree86 distribution _just_ to get the
XF86Setup, which was quick and painless. 


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