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> You didn't have to guess, you just had to read the specs in the manual that didn't come with your equipment.

Hey you missed a word so I added it in for you. Most consumer PC equipment definitely did not come with any documentation covering the sort of stuff X's config file was asking about.

When that documentation was available it was something you could only get by contacting the manufacturer about. But you couldn't mention the word "Linux" because the CS rep would give a blanket "we don't support Linux" and you'd get nothing.




Sure it did. There was a page in the pamphlet that came with my viewsonic 15" that listed the supported timings. You just threw it away, but that's not X's fault.


No, I had plenty of equipment that came with a little piece of printed paper that came with not quite enough information to be useful.




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