On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, dhk <dhkuhl@optonline.net> wrote:
On 08/24/2010 06:59 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yah, I might have some luck with that.  Since I'm years out of practice
>>>> fooling with this stuff (last seen in 2002) can someone point me at the
>>>> tools for
>>>> 1) Computing a modeline (I understand the quality varies a lot)
>>>> 2) Configuring an xorg.conf
>>>>
>>>
>>> Check out x11-apps/amlc -- it has an interactive modeline generator
>>> where you tell it the aspect ratio&  size of your screen and it spits
>>> out modelines for you.  You'll still need to fill in the
>>> HSync/VSync/Clock speed stuff.

 [SNIP]
 
My monitor resolution is a little off after the last Xorg upgrade today.
 Everything looks larger than usual.  As far as this email thread goes,
I thought xorg.conf was obsolete.


It should be obsolete in a modern system (if you trust hal, udev, etc.), but the relevant parts include the video card which is very much non-modern.

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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD