On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, dhk <dhk...@optonline.net> wrote: > On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Paul Hartman wrote: > >>> > >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogor...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that. Since I'm years out of > practice > >>>> fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone point me at > the > >>>> tools for > >>>> 1) Computing a modeline (I understand the quality varies a lot) > >>>> 2) Configuring an xorg.conf > >>>> > >>> > >>> Check out x11-apps/amlc -- it has an interactive modeline generator > >>> where you tell it the aspect ratio& size of your screen and it spits > >>> out modelines for you. You'll still need to fill in the > >>> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff. >
[SNIP] > My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgrade today. > Everything looks larger than usual. As far as this email thread goes, > I thought xorg.conf was obsolete. > > It should be obsolete in a modern system (if you trust hal, udev, etc.), but the relevant parts include the video card which is very much non-modern. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
