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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:18:09 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Henk <hvanes@worldonline.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X windows
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970123001732.15372I-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970121215818.00685204@mail.worldonline.nl>

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On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Henk wrote:

> I have installed the freeBSD-2.1 release on my PC, but the problem is that
> I can't run X. My guess is that it is because of a wrong setting of my
> vertical- and horizontal sync. I had to guess them since there is no vendor
> name on my monitor and I have no manual with it. Is there a utility that
> can find it out for me.

No; these are hardware parameters and it is possible to damage your
monitor by using incorrect settings.

Try running xf86config and picking some of the generic settings.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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