On 20100313_223702, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:38:40 -0500 (EST), Mark Allums wrote: > > On 3/13/2010 4:51 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:13:17 -0500 (EST), John Hasler wrote: > >>> Stephen Powell writes: > >>>> But I want a way to override things if the defaults are not to my > >>>> liking. As I mentioned in another post, there are some things, such > >>>> as HorizSync and VertRefresh, that cannot be overridden for a > >>>> plug-and-play monitor. > >>> > >>> You _could_ cut off pin 12 on the connector... > >> > >> Well, I suppose I *could*. But I don't like that solution. > >> Changing the software to allow overrides is what I want. > >> > > > > No need to destroy a cable. Just create an adapter. Pin 12 goes in, > > but doesn't come out. > > Yes, that would be better. I'm sure I would have to hand-make such > a device. I doubt that I could find such a thing at my local computer > store. But still, philosophically, configuration statements should > be able to override probed values. > > I've done some digging. Apparently, there is an Option statement > That is valid for at least some drivers: > > Option "NoDDC" > > that can be put into the "Device" section, but it is not documented > in the man page for xorg.conf. I'll have to play around to see if > I can get it to work. But that will have to wait for tomorrow. > It's time for me to go to bed. >
The option UseBIOS documented in man savage, not in man xorg.conf There is a list of driver man pages in man xorg.conf -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100314052129.ge2...@big.lan.gnu
