kms howto - is there one?

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Thu Mar 18 20:11:25 UTC 2010


On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:41:34 -0400,
  Felix Miata <mrmazda at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> On Intel on 1.8.0rc1 at least they seem to be playing too safe. They should
> permit the user to define ranges without limits, and let destruction result
> if the user facilitates it. I think the newest CRT that is incapable of at

I disaggree with that. Blowing up someone's hardware by default is pretty rude.

What is needed is an easy way to set up things for older monitors. You can do
this now by setting up a proper xorg.conf file (which I do for my old lcd
displays), but there should be something nicer for normal people.


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