OT - modeline question
Matthew Galgoci
mgalgoci at redhat.com
Tue Jul 20 17:27:18 UTC 2004
> 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.
Additionally, xdpyinfo will give you information about your current X display (while it is
running!).
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