Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop-research

From: foser <foser@g.o>
To: gentoo-desktop-research@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] Gentoo-desktop howto fix-up
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:31:50
Message-Id: 1069371112.4881.53.camel@rivendell
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] Gentoo-desktop howto fix-up by Paul de Vrieze
1 On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 11:14, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
2 > In the xfree part there is a note about refresh rates. However with most
3 > modern displays, videocards and a modern xfree it X can actually use DDC to
4 > figure out refresh rates, modes etc. Saving a lot of problems, making things
5 > "just work". Maybe a note could be added to that respect.
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7 I would even take it a step further and scrap the refresh rate mumbo
8 jumbo. We have Xrandr and related tools now, X configuration should be
9 kept to a basic guide to get it running decently. Then a more extensive
10 xfree guide could be done and linked to for additional (expert)
11 configuration needs.
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13 - foser
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Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] Gentoo-desktop howto fix-up Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o>