Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 161

Table 12.1 Sections in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Type
Files
ServerFlags
Module
InputDevice
Monitor
Modes
Meaning
The paths used for fonts and the RGB color table.
General switches for the server behavior.
A list of modules the server should load
Input devices like keyboards and special input devices (touch-
pads, joysticks, etc.) are configured in this section. Important
parameters in this section are Driver and the options defining
the Protocol and Device. You normally have one
InputDevice section per device attached to the computer.
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). To calculate VESA modes manually, you
can use the tool cvt. For example, to calculate a modeline for
a 1680x1050@60Hz monitor, use the command cvt 1680
1050 60.
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