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Article #37Re: XF86Config and XF86Config-4 files
From: Wild Wizard
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:40
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:40
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Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > At this resolution, my hardware says it's 60Khz by 75Hz which is > pretty close to the middle one. I'm interested in finding out what to > adjust so that it uses a different Modeline. What indicates which one > is in use? Nothing that I can see. The config files also refer to a > number of resolutions that aren't being used also. > > The current XFree86-Video-Timings-HOW-TO begins by saying it is now > redundant. There is reference to dot clocks which I gather has a > maximum, but a slower rate can be used. thats correct the modelines if they exist are unused check /var/log/Xfree86.0.log (or something similar) and go through it to find out what resoloutions are been used looks like this (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D) -- Murphy's Law of Research: Enough research will tend to support your theory.
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