OT - modeline question

[Rick Stevens]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>    A very strange corner case here, and not specifically Redhat oriented 
> so forgive my OT nature, so I won't try to explain it in any detail.
> 
>    Does anyone know how to find out exactly what modeline settings X has 
> used in the case where it found no valid modelines in the XF86config 
> file and then created it's own settings?
> 
>    A specific machine seems to default to good settings on its own, but 
> we are unable to put a modeline statement in that makes X do the same 
> thing.
> 
>    Is there a command to extract from a running machine what it is using 
> for it's current modeline?
> 
>    Any pointers are welcomed.

Have you looked at /var/log/XFree86.log.0?  The active mode line should
be in there.
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