From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 30 17:21:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A08616A402 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:21:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victor.engmark@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB89013C45E for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:21:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victor.engmark@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so1525400wra for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:21:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=TV/TLp3xeqmViVp9Fv2rNerwlhONKHyekd7Vsg7pZ7tgivi09Eeu1TRLfNyf0HrXUNewIsgM2yRyYk+EtajwKvT7XUCfYmoSgtn2mF3BRwEnsEvkB9Py5m0zJeM3mzAv548cHH/oHFMEEcvUS2HtDzUnhDhcQuFxwx5EW9guoxY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=pEtmwH/ctETmJT9t8dLM1Q0gfpkEnN/gh8Yazbbi7A9uegXJA6ekc6wNxH19alXhwynNT9Ua95LMfjIMXIE1wBKtsT5rkrmCPeeG5i+ZPUUJSC5lYN0d27Zili4LfmraQhkTOnP50kuaw/NQVNDA+fZGaM3ZS5G6hZOrn4QBmPk= Received: by 10.114.148.1 with SMTP id v1mr2105366wad.1177953683505; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.79.14 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7d4f41f50704301021j18889404v419abc49171e15c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:21:23 +0200 From: "Victor Engmark" To: "Tom Evans" In-Reply-To: <1177952934.1319.8.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7d4f41f50704300202y366d468cu61a81b27786130c8@mail.gmail.com> <1177952934.1319.8.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How to find HorizSync / VertRefresh rates? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:21:25 -0000 On 4/30/07, Tom Evans wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 11:02 +0200, Victor Engmark wrote: > > I'm trying to create a pristine xorg.conf, but I've been unable to > > find proper values for HorizSync and VertRefresh for my Dell Latitude > > D610. > > Don't bother trying. If it works when you leave them unspecified, don't > think any more about it. I'd rather not have to replace my laptop after a few weeks... If it still doesn't work however, the easiest way is to construct a > valid modeline specific to your monitor. Xorg can actually tell you what > to put into your xorg.conf, see section 5.4.3.2 of the FreeBSD Handbook > [1] It "works", but the issue is rather having the /correct/ configuration in order to utilize the hardware as well as possible without frying it. I've tried the method proposed, but I don't find the information mentioned. -- Victor Engmark Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - What is said in Latin, sounds profound