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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 050721 James Hiscock wrote: |
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>>>> My question to anyone who can advise is this: |
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>>>> do I just unplug the CRT & plug in the LCD ? will it work so simply ? |
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>> In most cases, yes, |
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>> but you'll need to restart X if you do the swap while it's running. |
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> No ! I wasn't thinking of hotplugging the monitor ! |
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>>> The horysontal sync & vertical refresh aren't likely to be the same, |
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>>> so you'll have to adapt your current xorg.conf |
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>>> I've read a few times that wrong values can harm your screen |
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>>> (but never seen it happen) so be careful. |
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>>> Or you can use 'xorgconfig' and answer the questions step by step. |
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>>> I did this on a 17'' dell TFT at work and it worked first try. |
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>> or you could just remove the horizontal sync & vertical refresh lines |
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>> from your xorg.conf, and let xorg figure it out for you. |
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> Thanks for the advice. Hopefully, if the mobo & graphics card handle it, |
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> Xorg won't have too much difficulty getting used to it. |
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> I would assume that LCDs are less susceptible to damage than CRTs, |
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> if they are given the wrong sync & refresh rates. |
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Also if I understand correctly, LCD monitors are fixed - rate, so you |
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have to buy one that has the resolution you like (not like CRT monitors |
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where you buy the highest resolution and then display at a lower rate if |
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you wish. |
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