Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 499

Type
Monitor
Modes
Device
Screen
ServerLayout
DRI
Monitor, Device, and Screen are explained in more detail. Further information
about the other sections can be found in the manual pages of X.Org and xorg.conf.
Meaning
The monitor used. Important elements of this section are the
Identifier, which is referred to later in the Screen defini-
tion, the refresh rate VertRefresh, and the synchronization
frequency limits (HorizSync and VertRefresh). Settings
are given in MHz, kHz, and Hz. Normally, the server refuses
any modeline that does not correspond with the specification of
the monitor. This prevents too high frequencies from being sent
to the monitor by accident.
The modeline parameters for the specific screen resolutions.
These parameters can be calculated by SaX2 on the basis of the
values given by the user and normally do not need to be changed.
Intervene manually at this point if, for example, you want to
connect a fixed frequency monitor. Find details of the meaning
of individual number values in the HOWTO files in /usr/
share/doc/howto/en/html/
XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO (available in the
howtoenh package).
A specific graphics card. It is referenced by its descriptive name.
Combines a Monitor and a Device to form all the necessary
settings for X.Org. In the Display subsection, specify the size
of the virtual screen (Virtual), the ViewPort, and the
Modes used with this screen.
The layout of a single or multihead configuration. This section
binds the input devices InputDevice and the display devices
Screen.
Provides information for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
(DRI).
The X Window System 483