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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Solved: Re: wavy video under X ? Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 16:57:19 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 21 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <2444d16b.u9t27e.bf3f5@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <33237BD3.2781E494@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> (from Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>) (at Sun, 09 Mar 1997 22:11:15 -0500) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39015 Hi Jim Durham, on Mar 09 you wrote: > I doubt it's XFree86. Changing the scan rates in the X config > (by the way, it's /usr/X11/lib/X11/XF86Config ), may change the > frequency of the "wave", but probably won't eliminate it. Now that I have installed BSD-3.0-SNAP, and I redid the XF86Setup Iwith no monitor manual), choosing the closest monitor frequency settings to those reported by SuperProbe, RATHER than entering my own, theoretical rates, the WAVE is GONE! In my previous setup, I must have chosen scan rates that were beyond the normal capacity of the monitor, though it was hard for me to know exactly, since I had no manual, and Gateway's Web data didn't include my exact monitor. I had chosen data for a monitor in their data that "appeared" to be close to what I actually had. I guess the moral of the story is that when you get second-hand equipment, SCREAM for the bloody manuals for EVERYthing, beFORE they all get thrown away!