If you intend to use the TV Out (Svideo or composite) feature of your
video or decoder card, then there are no worries. Those output
standard NTSC or PAL video signals which is what your TV understands
natively.
Your only concern with modelines (those lines in xorg.conf that
determine resolut
Laura,
The fry your monitor issue is more one for old monitors than new
ones but it's good to be careful. You did not list you monitor. what's
necessary is a make & model number or vertical and horizontal refresh
rates.
If you run xorgconfig it will give you a place to set up your
monitor. M
I can read until my eyeballs fall out of my head, but I'm not going
to "get it" until I actually dig in and do it. Verbage makes more sense
after a little hands on. However, I don't want to permenantly damage
things during this learning process.
For instance, I read somewhere that if I