Fedora Core 2 !

[Kevin Cozens]

On 12-12-06 08:20 PM, Alan Cohen wrote:
> I have an old machine (that I havn't used in years) running Fedora Core-2.
> I used to start up X11 with STARTX. Since the last time I used it, I
> changed to a Samsung monitor and now I only get the message:
> "Not optimum mode
> Recommended mode 1920x1080 analog"

Wow. It's been a while since I've thought about the contents of the X 
configuration file. FC2 goes back a few years. I stopped using FC around the 
time FC9 was released.

The first thing you want to do is check the Monitor section and set the 
limits for the horizontal and vertical sync frequencies to the limits of the 
new monitor.

There used to be some video card timing parameters in the configuration 
file. xvidtune was useful in fine tuning those values (located in the 
Modeline sections) for the various display resolutions you wanted to use. At 
least it was useful back in the X86 days. With the release of xorg that 
Modeline timing information has either moved to a new location (not known to 
me) or it has been removed altogether.

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