Getting info on X Windoze.

[Christopher Twigg]

According to the XFree86 FAQ (http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/), this is kind
of tricky;
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Q.E15- Running XFree86 on portable computers, laptops and LCD screens
Computers using LC displays are more tricky to set up in XFree86 than the
ones with a normal (CRT) monitor. This is mainly due to the displays
themselves: LCDs basically have a fixed resolution, although some have
extra hardware built in that can cope with several different resolutions. 

Especially the modelines can be extremely tricky, and each new LCD seems
to need its own modeline. Refer to the Linux-laptop homepage for more
information and specific help for most common LCD-based computers: 

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop 

or one of the mirror sites, e.g. 

http://physics.open.ac.uk/~rpblake/linux_laptop 

Although this page is Linux-oriented, the information on using XFree86
(especially the XF86Config files) is mostly OS-independent. 
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I haven't had any problems with my Toshiba, though, although that's more
likely dumb luck than anything...

Christopher Twigg
cdtwigg at u.washington.edu

On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 andrew at geophys.washington.edu wrote:

>     As to the LCD I have no idea what the 'safe' specs would be.