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On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 11:14, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> In the xfree part there is a note about refresh rates. However with most
> modern displays, videocards and a modern xfree it X can actually use DDC to
> figure out refresh rates, modes etc. Saving a lot of problems, making things
> "just work". Maybe a note could be added to that respect.
I would even take it a step further and scrap the refresh rate mumbo
jumbo. We have Xrandr and related tools now, X configuration should be
kept to a basic guide to get it running decently. Then a more extensive
xfree guide could be done and linked to for additional (expert)
configuration needs.
- foser
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