Often if you search for the make and model of monitor on google
[groups|web] you will find the right modelines.

Or use the same as he used last time - you did backup XF86Config?


On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 01:04:18 +0000 (GMT)
Daniel Fone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> One peice of bad news...
> 
> A guy called Ray wanted his machine upgraded to Mandrake 9.1. He had some 
> partion problems so we decided to reinstall from scratch. The install was 
> fairly impressive, very little configuration was asked for which I didn't 
> like much (maybe I should have run in expert mode), but otherwise it was 
> good.
> 
> The bad news is that his monitor was not detected by X properly, and as a 
> result he can't run X without threatening to screw his monitor (this 
> happened in 9.0 MDK the first time it was installed too). So in the end he 
> didn't really have a decent linux install. I'm working on it at the moment 
> but any ideas would be appreciated. His e-mail address is 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniel
> --
> A logician explaining logic to a programmer
> is like a cat explaining to a fish that it is going to get
> wet.
> 

-- 
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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