Some issues in F11

[Bradley]

On 06/26/2009 09:09 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:45:22 -0500
> Bradley wrote:
>
>    
>> Well, I tried this and it did absolutely nothing.
>>      
>
> The xorg.conf file can say anything it wants, but
> the X server can have its own reasons for
> deciding to ignore it :-).
>
> Sometimes you can dig through the cryptic gibberish
> in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and see why the
> server rejects some modes. Possibly something
> like adding vertical and horizontal refresh
> info to the xorg.conf file will convince it that
> it is OK to use a mode it rejected, possibly
> you need to generate a mode line and cram
> it down xorg's throat :-).
>
> There is a program that comes with X these days
> named "cvt" which can generate valid mode lines
> that might work.
>
> Some of my own experiences with different versions
> of X can be found here (though the X server has
> changed a lot, so not everything is relevant
> any longer):
>
> http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/easy-linux.html
>    
Thanks, I had completely forgotten about the X log files and, yes, they 
appear to be generating some error messages.

Bradley