Hi,

to my experiences with TFT monitors you allways shuold use the 
maximum resolution of the display as (that is the real resolution) and 
can have a refresh rate of 60Hz.

mike 

On 17 Jan 00, at 9:49, Richard Rauch wrote:

> I know that laptops don't have a CRT.  Do monitor frequencies mean
> anything to them?  I have no idea what to set for them with X.
> 
> (I'm installing NetBSD at least briefly on a laptop.  Lack of support
> for a certain Lexmark ink printer and USB scanners will probably
> result in MS-WINDOWS being re-installed.)
> 
> (No, it's not my laptop.  It's on a short-term loan,
> effectively...MS-WINDOWS got corrupted during a system upgrade, and
> the CD ROM drive seems to have died, so I've taken the opportunity to
> play with NetBSD a little on it.  But without USB scanner support and
> Lexmark printer backends for GhostScript, it will have to revert to
> MS-WINDOWS.)
> 
> 
> Anyway, any help w.r.t. the monitor and X will be appreciated.  It's
> an i386 type system, if that helps, though I assume that it can be
> discussed in general.
> 
> 
>   "I probably don't know what I'm talking about."  --rkr@rkr.kcnet.com
>