Re: how does X find modelines?

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On Tuesday 13 July 2004 22:30, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:51:55PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >     My problem was that XF86config was choosing to put a bunch of
> > modelines in the config file which worked but looked lousy. For
> > instance, in the case of my laptop which has a 1280x800 native
> > resolution to the screen it was setting things up for 1280x1024 which
> > looked blurry. This page allowed me to correctly set the resolution I
> > wanted which XF86config wasn't able to do for me.
>
> Ok, *here's* the weird part.  I have a client whose laptop is likewise
> 1280x800.  SuSE's SAX refused to set that size.  it would let me set
> 1280x1024.  *But then it actually *did* 1280x800* at server start,
> anyway.  Says so, right there in the log.  *Even though there's no
> modeline for that 1280x800*.
>
> Go figure *that* one out.

Well, I can see how that works out. If your monitor is set to autodetect, X 
might recognise that the closest to 1280x1024 on that monitor, and by 
combining the given modelines with the ones in the BIOS, is 1280x800. It then 
selects that modeline from your BIOS, and runs it. :)

Regards,

Pieter Hulshoff
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