On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 14:23:07 +0100, Dave Higton <DAVE.HIGTON@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2010-03-31, Bruno Wolff wrote: > > > xorg.conf can specify allowed and prefered modes for a device. If you > > don't define what a device is capable of doing than some > > assumptions are > > made that will likely be safe. These safe assumptions will > > generally limit > > the frequencies allowed so that you won't be able to use 1920x1080. > > I'd suggest that the assumptions are well out of date and should be > re-thought. They tend to make the display invisible because it's > out of the range of some modern monitors. Who uses 640 * 480 > nowadays? Who uses CRT monitors nowadays? (The "safety" issue, > I believe, related to CRT monitors from about 30 years ago that > responded badly if driven slightly out of range.) Note the original poster is talking about FC2, so it is really out of date. With recent versions of Fedora the info is obtained from the monitor, so that only very old monitors need xorg.conf setup. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
