On Thursday 31 July 2003 20:09, you (Mark Vojkovich) wrote : > > Howto add a fixed frequency monitor to a Linux system and running > > Xfree on it? > > What options do I need to pass ? hrefresh/vrefresh/resolution? > Most fixed frequency monitors just need to have the horizontal > refresh within a percent or so of a particular value. I've found > that resolution and vertical refresh tend to be more variable.
Hmm... For mine, I had to specify all I could: Vert and Horiz freqs, and full modeline, for X-4.2.1. Can't say for 4.3.x. > Note that many fixed frequency monitors are "sync-on-green" > and therefore won't work with a PC graphics card unless it supports > that option. Hmm... Or you could make a 'smart' cable that combines the sync. and green signals into a sync-on-green one and feed this into the monitor. Look at this site for explanations (in french, contact me privately if you can't understand Moliere's tongue!) : http://laurent.granjon.free.fr/electronique/sgi2pc.htm Regards, Yann. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +0/33 662376056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | --==< °_° >==-- °---.----------------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | web: ymorin.free.fr | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1840 | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | °---------------------°----------------°------------------°--------------------° \__ np: Pierre Schott - Quand les jours se suivent __________________________/ _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
