TFT monitors and Xorg

[hackmiester / Hunter Fuller]

On Friday 10 March 2006 11:22, dick hoogendijk wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Probably a stupid question, but I'll take my chances.
> For years now I only used "normal" monitors on windows, linux, FreeBSD
> but soon I'll get a Samsung 930BF TFT screen.
CRT, I guess...?
>
> What I'd like to know is, if Xorg is capable of "seeing" this monitor
> and sets the right options.
Oh yeah. They use the same standard as CRTs.
> I know it does a good job with other 
> monitors, but as I understand TFT's are quite different in some
> aspects.
...but not the interface aspect. A digital CRT interface is a digital TFT 
interface. Same for analog IFs, which is what you're probably using.
>
> Do TFT's use HorizSync and VertRefresh the same way as normal monitors?
Yep.
>
> Maybe I worry about nothing, but I hope someone will explain things to
> me than.

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