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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix
- Subject: Re: Proposed addition to FAQ
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 01:03:16 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- pfau@coffee.enet.dec.com (Thomas Pfau) writes:
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- >In article <1jopa8INNipm@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>, probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
- >(James Michael Chacon) writes...
- >>This is true, and I use it if I need the info when I am in X. But, 90-100%
- >>of the time when I exit X the information is still sitting on the screen.
-
- >When you are first trying to get your modedb setup, 90-100% of the time
- >you may be lucky to be able to read it. Until I got a valid modedb line,
- >my monitor was totally out of sync when I exited X.
-
- >tom_p
-
- That never happens to me, what version of XFree86 are you running? I only
- have heard on 1.0Ya doing that. And that was an alpha version that never
- should have been released to the general public.
-
- Whenever I leave X, no matter what video card I use, it resets the video
- mode back to normal every time.
-
- James
-