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Re: Blinking video
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Tue Nov 3 15:25:06 1998
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 15:23:54 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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John Mayson wrote:
> I posted this question a few days ago. I can achive 800x600 resolution in
> Win95, but only 640x480 under Linux.
>
> Someone suggested I play with my /etc/X11/XF86Config file and I did. What
> it boils down to is whenever I try to use 800x600, startx fails and I get
> a blinking screen.
>
> I have an older AT&T .31 pitch VGA monitor. I have chosen "generic"
> monitor and also "custom" adding the appropriate numbers. Out of the list
> Xconfigurator presents, does anyone know which monitor might come close to
> mine?
If the monitor is truly plain VGA, I think it is limited to 640x480
>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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