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In article <adtDCnAwB.Ety@netcom.com>,
Anthony D. Tribelli <adt@netcom.com> wrote:
>Dan Pop (Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
>
>: ... And the refresh rates are required by the X server (which
>: is _not_ Linux specific) in order to protect you from frying your monitor.
>: Both Windows and the Mac will happily fry your monitor if it doesn't
>: support the refresh rates used by the graphics card.  Guess who got it
>: right?
>
>Windows and Mac. They quite successfully configure hardware without 
>frying monitors and without requiring users to dig through technical 
>documentation.


   Look at accelerated X, then.  Of course you have to pay for it,
but you need to taint your fingers with anything resembling refresh
rates.


>: The X server simply couldn't care less about your monitor's specs, if
>: it weren't for your own protection.  There is no way for the server to
>: query the monitor about its specs, so you have to supply this data 
>: yourself.
>
>Actually the X development team doesn't have the resources or talent

   Pfft.  Doesn't have the interest is more like it.  If you know
the application inside out and are doing it for free, why spend
time building elaborate configuration scripts when you can do the
configuration yourself?


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