[olug] monitor

[Jon]

Monitors are "supported" per say based on there vertical and horizontal refresh rates.  Most monitors have this information available.  Without it I would suggets using conservative estimates because setting the range too large can damage your monitor.  Anyway any monitor that list is vsync and hsync ranges will work fine.  You will just have to modify your XF86Config file.  It really isn't hard.  This is my settings from 4.1.0
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "EV700"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
    HorizSync   30 - 70
#    HorizSync  30-64         # multisync
#    HorizSync  31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync  15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
    VertRefresh 50 - 120
EndSection

On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:27:15PM -0500, mesc wrote:
> I want to get a new monitor asap but I'd like to buy one that's
> supported for obvious reasons,I've looked through the HOWTOs for a 
> monitor HOWTO or even a video card HOWTO without being able to find
> either one.Is there a HOWTO for those and am I looking in the right
> area?
> 
> 			Thank you,Gary Martin
> 
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