[ale] XF86Config Screens section & Virtual dimensions

[James P. Kinney III]

Between Google and OpenSource, information just flows freely as it
should :)

http://www.chel.com.ru/~anton/projects/xmodes/modeplot

is the modeplot script that will output an engineering graph based on
monitor definitions fed in. use "modeplot -?" for params that need
feeding.

On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 18:44, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Back in the old days (.98 kernel), I used a tool that ran in sc, the
> commandline spreadsheet, that calculated modelines based on timing data
> for the monitor. I can't find it anymore.
> 
> http://www.wlug.org.nz/HowToXFree86VideoTimingsHOWTO
> 
> has a good deal of instruction on how to calculate the specifics
> manually.
> 
> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 18:15, zeb wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Somewhere in the X documentation are instructions for writing your own 
> > "modeline".  It's very complicated and potentially dangerous (if you 
> > overdrive your monitor).  I believe it will allow truly custom settings.
> > 
> > 
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