[Gllug] Monitor detection and screen modes in Debian Lenny

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 30 Mar, David L Neil Mailing list a/c wrote:
> 
> YMMV strikes again!
> 
> I should add that when I suffered this problem, Chris very kindly 
> rendered hours of assistance; but when time kept passing and sleep 
> intruded, I reneged and went for another distro...
> 
> 
> - Tethys wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:20 PM, - Tethys <tethys at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I have no idea what the "correct" way to do it is these days, but I've
> >> always found "vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf" to work.
> 
> The real issue was with the 'automation'. Debian didn't seem to care if 
> we edited the .conf or used a GUI/tool to do the same, if we set the 
> resolution and put on a smiley face, it would throw our work away 
> because at re-boot it knew better... (Ubuntu was the same)
> 

   I have not yet found any installed list of monitor capabilities. Perhaps
the monitor is checked for any embedded information, but this does not work
with older monitors. I feel that the ideal for me would be an optional
additional local fall-back file for any monitor specifications not found
during any other search. This would allow the system to work normally if
details were discovered, but offer a few local default options.



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