Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1002 mails)

[Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2011/07/24 14:42 (GMT-0400) David C. Rankin composed:

> Two CLI apps you need to remember:

>    xvidtune (is still your best friend :)

Only if X is running.

> An oldie, but a goodie. You can fine tune and dump the xorg information you
> need. Also don't forget:

>    gtf (general timing frequency [usage: gtf x y refresh])

Or CVT. Both CVT and GTF can be run from ttys so that they can be used to get 
X to work.

> This will create you xorg modeline you can use on any monitor in lieu of EDID
> information.

Or, with FOSS drivers at least (I've yet to try any non-FOSS video driver in 
Linux) you can make Xorg generate whatever modeline(s) it needs by putting in 
'Section "Monitor"': 'Option "DefaultModes" "on"' if any manual configuration 
is otherwise necessary.
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