050721 James Hiscock wrote: >>> My question to anyone who can advise is this: >>> do I just unplug the CRT & plug in the LCD ? will it work so simply ? > In most cases, yes, > but you'll need to restart X if you do the swap while it's running.
No ! I wasn't thinking of hotplugging the monitor ! >> The horysontal sync & vertical refresh aren't likely to be the same, >> so you'll have to adapt your current xorg.conf >> I've read a few times that wrong values can harm your screen >> (but never seen it happen) so be careful. >> Or you can use 'xorgconfig' and answer the questions step by step. >> I did this on a 17'' dell TFT at work and it worked first try. > or you could just remove the horizontal sync & vertical refresh lines > from your xorg.conf, and let xorg figure it out for you. Thanks for the advice. Hopefully, if the mobo & graphics card handle it, Xorg won't have too much difficulty getting used to it. I would assume that LCDs are less susceptible to damage than CRTs, if they are given the wrong sync & refresh rates. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
