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From: goldberg@cs.ubc.ca (Murray W. Goldberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: XFree86 and Monitor Settings problem
Date: 16 May 1995 21:51:08 -0700
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Hi everyone. Well, XFree86 seems to be going fine except for the following:

The numbers in the config file for the resolution and frequency I want work,
but there is a periodic interference-like line pattern that slightly
distorts the image. I've been told that I need a set of numbers that
match my monitor correctly. I'd twaek them myself if I knew what they meant.
My monitor is a sony multiscan 20 se. At 1280 X 1024 it does 74hz x 78.9khz
(I think - I'm at home now - the numbers are at work). 

I'd be eternally grateful if someone could either:
a) point me to a document that describes the numbers so that I can play - or
b) point me to a set of numbers that work nicely with that monitor 

BTW - I'm using a Mach 64 4-meg card with the update-1 server for that
card.

Thanks so much.

Murray W. Goldberg
goldberg@cs.ubc.ca