The Hitchhiker's Guide to X386/XFree86 Video Timing

(or, Tweaking your Monitor for Fun and Profit)

Eric S. Raymond esr@snark.thyrsus.com

Thanks (from an original by Chin Fang fangchin@leland.stanford.edu; portions derive from a how-to by Bob Crosson crosson@cam.nist.gov,This is version 1.0, Jan 8th 1993.

1. Introduction

2. How Video Displays Work

3. Basic Things to Know about your Display and Adapter

4. Interpreting the Basic Specifications

5. Tradeoffs in Configuring your System

6. Memory Requirements

7. Computing Frame Sizes

8. Black Magic and Sync Pulses

9. Putting it All Together

10. Questions and Answers

11. Two More Example Calculations

12. Fixing Problems with the Image.