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____/ Tom Shelton on Tuesday 16 September 2008 08:38 : \____
> On 2008-09-16, JEDIDIAH <jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 2008-09-15, Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Sep 15, 9:12 am, JEDIDIAH <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On 2008-09-13, Tom Shelton <tom_shel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > On 2008-09-13, JEDIDIAH <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> >> On 2008-09-12, Tom Shelton <tom_shel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> >>> On 2008-09-12, JEDIDIAH <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> >>>> On 2008-09-12, Rex Ballard <rex.ball...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> >>>>> On Sep 12, 10:51 pm, "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_st...@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:08:46 -0700 (PDT), Rex Ballard wrote:
>>>> >>>>>> > On Sep 11, 10:53 pm, Linonut <lino...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>> >> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>> [deletia]
>>>> >> Never had that problem. Debian and Ubuntu both tend to default to the
>>>> >> native resolution of the panel if the driver supports it. Seen this
>>>> >> work for LCD panels, laptops and HDTVs.
>>>>
>>>> > So, are saying that because you don't have the problem it doesn't exist?
>>>>
>>>> You are presenting a problem with no verifiable details.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The problem is that I have a ViewSonic 19" LCD that Kubuntu - as of
>>
>> ...sounds suspicously like the one I am using now.
>>
>> Had no problems in Debian or Ubuntus 6.06, 7.10 or 8.04.
>>
>
> Well, goody for you. I have.
>
>>> the 7.04 relesase (Fiesty Fawn) - does not configure said monitor with
>>> the correct refresh and resolution which is 1440x900 at 60Hz. So, it
>>> looks like crap until I edit xorg.conf and then restart X.
>>>
>>> Maybe this is fixed in 8.04. I'm willing to wipe that partition and
>>> reinstall the newest version and find out.
>>>
>>>> You might as well tell me that you had dinner with Janis Joplin
>>>> last night.
>> [deletia]
>>>> > Ever use mulitple monitors? If not, then you have NO idea what your
>>>> > talking about. I used to think it was sort of silly - but now, its hard
>>>> > to work without them.
>>>>
>>>> That's a poor excuse for an argument. You get an F for rhetoric.
>>>
>>> What do you expect when you make a reply like you did? Why don't you
>>> simply google it. There have been lots of surveys and studies on this
>>
>> Another F for rhetoric.
>>
>>> - but most of them report 20%-30% productivity increase. I'm still
>>> trying to figure out where the "cheap bastards" remark comes from...
>>
>> You've yet to come up with any compelling reason for anyone
>> to go out and to bother with a 2nd monitor. Weak attempts at
>> appeals to authority really don't cut it.
>>
>> We are left with stabs in the dark (like cost per square cm).
>>
>
> This is getting lame. Look, I don't care if you see an advantage to multiple
> monitors or not - but, I do and I like using them. With Windows, I can set
> this up in about 5 minutes - I have yet to get it working satisfactorily with
> Linux. At least with Gentoo. I haven't really tried it with another distro
> yet.
Maybe you ought to. Gentoo is considered a 'hard' distro. If you choose to play
hardball, don't complain that GNU/Linux is hard.
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