kms howto - is there one?

Adam Jackson ajax at redhat.com
Fri Mar 19 19:25:54 UTC 2010


On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 15:22 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 14:58 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:01:07 -0400
> > Adam Jackson wrote:
> > 
> > > Use gtf(1) to generate mode timings for CRTs, and cvt(1) for LCDs.
> > 
> > So here's a presumptuous question :-).
> > 
> > If gtf and cvt ship as part of X, and they can turn a human
> > meaningful request for size and HZ into a X mode line,
> > then why on God's green earth can't X accept a mode described
> > in terms of size and HZ instead of a hieroglyphic mode line?
> 
> No one's written the code to do it.  PGA though.

Also because - and this is truly, truly depressing - there's no
programmatic way to tell the difference between a CRT and an LCD from
the host side.  Thanks EDID!

- ajax
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