XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO
- 1. Disclaimer
- 2. Introduction
- 3. How Video Displays Work
- 4. Basic Things to Know about your Display and Adapter
- 4.1. The monitor's video bandwidth:
- 4.2. What these control:
- 5. Interpreting the Basic Specifications
- 5.1. About Bandwidth:
- 5.2. Sync Frequencies and the Refresh Rate:
- 6. Tradeoffs in Configuring your System
- 7. Memory Requirements
- 8. Computing Frame Sizes
- 9. Black Magic and Sync Pulses
- 9.1. Horizontal Sync:
- 9.2. Vertical Sync:
- 10. Putting it All Together
- 11. Overdriving Your Monitor
- 12. Using Interlaced Modes
- 13. Questions and Answers
- 14. Fixing Problems with the Image.
- 14.1. The image is displaced to the left or right
- 14.2. The image is displaced up or down
- 14.3. The image is too large both horizontally and vertically
- 14.4. The image is too wide (too narrow) horizontally
- 14.5. The image is too deep (too shallow) vertically
- 15. Plotting Monitor Capabilities
- 16. Credits