Xfree86 gripe

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I found this modeline generator. You might look at this.  
 http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines
http://www.dkfz-heidelberg.de/spec/linux/modeline/
http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
This last one seems to have some decent explanations.

Then you should be able to manually edit your XF86Config file. 

On 2 Aug 2002 at 10:23, FRamsay at castelhq.com wrote:

> 
> It's a GForce 4.  and it works fine under WindowsXP.
> 
>                -fjr
> 
> 
> 
> The limitation may be with your graphics card.
> 
> On 2 Aug 2002 at 8:04, FRamsay at castelhq.com wrote:
> 
> > Why are modelines so obscure?
> >
> > I have a Gateway FPD2200 Flatpanel (22" 16x9 aspect ratio) capable of
> > 1600x1024.  and for the life of me I can't figure out a modeline to get
> it
> > to
> > run at that resolution!
> >
> > The info I have is this:
> > res       hFreq     vFreq
> > 1600 x 1024    64.350    60
> >
> > I've tried guessing at a few modelines but the best I can get the monitor
> > to run is 1280x1024.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a site that actually explains in _english_  (aka not
> in
> > geek) how to figure out modelines.
> > yes I've tried google, the few explinations that exist are in geek.  I
> > require one in english.
> >
> >                     -fjr
> >
> > Frank Ramsay
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