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To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (197)	4/1/1999 3:27:00 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) of 484

find / -name ????Config* -print try, find / -name XF86Config It should be in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ It may be under /etc/.../... XF86Config.eg is the example file and can be used and renamed. All config operations will rename the new config file. They may keep *.bak or .old files but a precuation you might try naming the working file as .1st .2nd etc to keep track. All of this and the linking stuff that may be important is in the manual "Linux Undercover" on page 156. the search commands for all things containing config of any case would be quite complex. I am sure it can be done. The most important criteria not to overdrive as the documentation will tell you is the HORIZONTAL SYNC FREQUENCY. It is a figure between 31.5 Kiloherz and sometimes much more on the modern monitors. Safe values are 31.5 for H-sync and 60 Herzog for vertical frequency or refresh. H sync is the rate in thousands of lines per second that each line is painted on the screen. It defines the dot rate your card will try to drive the monitor at. Don't overdrive this by even 300 herzog. In other words 31.5 Khz maximum will not take 31.8, and if you drive the whole selection by selecting screen res at a particular refresh rate it may in certain cases overdrive the horizontal sync. Bye Bye monitor. This is not to be confused with dotclocks of the card itself of which a typical one might be 25.2 which is im Mhz. You must know the manufacturers recommended maxiumum horizontal sync frequency. Without that info I would not proceed. Many monitors are listed on the net if you search manufacturers technical specifications. They may be listed in Monitors.doc. IF you don't know, then phone the distibutor or manufacturer. Get vertical refresh rate, bandwidth in megahertz, and HORIZONTAL SYNC FREQUENCY(IES) AND THE MAXIMUM IN THAT. Slackware has a program called XF86Setup that is good for beginners if you use it in a certain way. It is graphical and has all sort of helpful screens for cards and monitors. It can be found on the sunsite. Email me and I will mail you the info of how to download, install and use it. Not trivial but useful. eC<:-}

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