gentoo again

[kwall@kurtwerks.com]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:41:51AM +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 18:58:12 -0500
> "Brett I. Holcomb" <bholcomb at intergate.com> wrote:
> 
> > Doesn't X use a standard set of mode lines if it can't find any.  And I 
> > believe it selects the highest res that is allowed.
> 
> How does it determine the highest allowed for the display? My display is PnP
> (it gets the name and model from the display itself). Does it get
> information about this as well?

The hardcoded standard mode lines are VESA standards, to which monitors
and cards are supposed to adhere. Most, these days, do. When the server
starts, it looks for information in the config file, then uses DDC and 
VBE probes to find out about the capabilities of the card and monitor. 
If it can't get any information from the monitor, it uses the standard
mode lines and refresh rates from VESA that are hardcoded into the 
server.

Kurt
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