From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DwMzc-0007QT-Kg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:36:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6NGYg9V021322; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:34:42 GMT Received: from mail.magrittesystems.com (adsl-64-173-154-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.173.154.114]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6NGUhHa030481 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:30:43 GMT Received: by mail.magrittesystems.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0D3363C0008; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:08:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.magrittesystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06FD63C0006 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:08:09 -0700 (PDT) From: michael@michaelshiloh.com X-X-Sender: michael@mail.magrittesystems.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor In-Reply-To: <20050723122327.GA7184@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: References: <20050721082452.GA7199@sympatico.ca> <42DF6345.3040306@skynet.be> <5491fade050721052826e361ef@mail.gmail.com> <20050723122327.GA7184@sympatico.ca> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 7c11cbcf-973e-42f5-863a-b7267a121a06 X-Archives-Hash: d95eb1c3ef7322044ec15f5c4c6d9916 On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Philip Webb wrote: > 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. > Also if I understand correctly, LCD monitors are fixed - rate, so you have to buy one that has the resolution you like (not like CRT monitors where you buy the highest resolution and then display at a lower rate if you wish. M -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list