Re: RH 7.1 support for high-end monitors

[Thomas Dodd <ted cypress com>]

> Ed wrote:
> > Hi everybody!
> > I have one (hopefully basic) question.  I'm in the process of
> > putting RH 7.1 in a new PC and I would like to get a 22" high-end
> > monitor, i.e. 1800 x 1400 resolution, .24 mm, etc, like the
> > Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 200 or the Viewsonic P220F.
> > Does anybody know if RH 7.0/7.1 works O.K. with monitors of this
> > type?  I wouldn't want to get one ($$) and have it burn through
> > Xconfigurator.

A few things:
 
1) Your video card and video memory determine what the max
   resolution/color depth/refresh rates you can send TO
   the monitor.
2) XFree86-4 supports DDC, so it can as the monitor what
   it supports.
3) You can tell X to TRY other settings, but you have to TELL
   X to to that.
4) Modern monitors will not kill themselvs. They will shut down
   and/or give you a message that the settings are bad. My cheap
   19" monitor ($200) does that, so I'm sure the high-end ones
   will to.

	-Thomas