So, the display flickering and failing problem I described in http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/easy-linux.html is back in Fedora 8, and my ModeLine that solves the problem doesn't work anymore (sigh...). The new X in Fedora 8 treats my ModeLine with such utter contempt it doesn't even give a reason in the log for ignoring it - it might as well not be there. I think the reason is that the "ddc" module is now built in rather than being dynamically loaded. That means the "NoDDC" options I used to give as module options need to go somewhere else. Here's the obscure question: Anyone know how the devil to specify module options in xorg.conf for a built-in module? I've got the X server source code extracted and will soon go on another quest for answers, but I thought there might be a slim chance someone could spare me the trouble :-).
