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On 07:54 Wed 05 Mar , Duncan wrote: |
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> Rats on the dual-link, but thanks. I don't suppose there's anything else |
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> with freedomware drivers that handles it, either, right? That has sort |
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> of been the problem, AFAIK, until AMD/ATI's turn around, there basically |
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> /wasn't/ anything modern and free, at least other than Intel's onboard |
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> stuff. |
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Your best other shot is Intel. |
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> Do you happen to have any links to info on either reduced blanking, or |
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> even just the normal modeline differences and etc. for LCD? Maybe a |
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> LCDs for CRT users on Linux guide. I'm pretty clueless at this point, |
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> wondering about basics such as how non-native resolutions are handled, |
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> if, probably with some adjustments in what one plugs in, Cola's modeline |
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> generator might still work, etc, and it's not like I've seen a HOWTO or |
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> other articles on the subject, like the ones I learned RAID/LVM/IPTables/ |
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> etc from. Thus if you could point me at something I'd sure be grateful! |
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> =8^) |
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Check Wikipedia, I know there's a reduced blanking entry. |
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LCDs generate modelines with a method (and tool) called cvt instead of |
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gtf. xorg-server installs it. Feel free to compare differences between |
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the two outputs. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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