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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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