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Yeah I remember that. It was also at about that time that I started using and learning linux. Back then, just managing to setup XFree86 correctly was like a hu
by lgl 8y ago
Yeah I remember that. It was also at about that time that I started using and learning linux.
Back then, just managing to setup XFree86 correctly was like a huge personal victory and running quake there was really the cherry on top.
I seem to recall having to actually input a bunch of numbers/frequencies taken from my crappy CRT monitor's specsheet into the X config and basically bruteforcing it until it worked. "Good times"!
- SmirkingRevenge 8y agoAhh yes, x11 mode-lines: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFree86_Modeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFree86_Modeline) Those were particularly thorny for me too, when I was getting started with linux (and was still a newbie with computers in most respects). "Good times" indeed :)
- lgl 8y agoAha, that was exactly it! Scary stuff.