Thanks for your mail and suggestions Sameer. I am now using RHL 7.1 which has XFree86 4.x which does not use modelines in the configuration file. And IIRC, when we specify the sync rates for a Custom Monitor, the modelines get calculated itself. Otherwise, some modeline calculators are also available. My idea was to have a ready reference for the monitors available in the Indian market - many a times this information is not readily available.
- Manish
Sameer Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
--- Manish Kathuria manish@tuxspace.com wrote:
Manufacturer Model Horizontal Refresh Rate Vertical Refresh Rate Max. Supported Resolution
That would not be enough. The /etc/X11/XF86Config file contains modelines which change according to the Monitor that is selected. If you see closely, every "Monitor" section has a set of default modelines which are not the same for different monitors.
I know because I tried to copy the information you mentioned from my neighbouring PC, in order to configure my monitor, since there is no Xconfigurator in Debian. It wouldn't work, until I looked closely at my XF86Config file and read the commented documentation about modelines.
So if you really want to create a database, you will have to ask people to send their entire "Monitor" section from the XF86Config file.
SameerDS.