Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor

[Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca>]

050721 James Hiscock wrote:
>>> My question to anyone who can advise is this:
>>> do I just unplug the CRT & plug in the LCD ?  will it work so simply ?
> In most cases, yes,
> but you'll need to restart X if you do the swap while it's running.

No !  I wasn't thinking of hotplugging the monitor !

>> The horysontal sync & vertical refresh aren't likely to be the same,
>> so you'll have to adapt your current xorg.conf
>> I've read a few times that wrong values can harm your screen
>> (but never seen it happen) so be careful.
>> Or you can use 'xorgconfig' and answer the questions step by step.
>> I did this on a 17'' dell TFT at work and it worked first try.
> or you could just remove the horizontal sync & vertical refresh lines
> from your xorg.conf, and let xorg figure it out for you.

Thanks for the advice.  Hopefully, if the mobo & graphics card handle it,
Xorg won't have too much difficulty getting used to it.
I would assume that LCDs are less susceptible to damage than CRTs,
if they are given the wrong sync & refresh rates.

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