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[-] ramble81@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago

Ah Slackware, the first time that I learned software could damage hardware. It has the option to also configure hsync on your CRT monitor, and if said monitor didn't correctly validate the range it would permanently fuck it up.

[-] tool@r.rosettast0ned.com 7 points 2 years ago

So I'm not the only one who fried a monitor trying to get X11 working...

[-] yak@feddit.it 8 points 2 years ago

Really? I didn't know it was possible. How's that happened?

[-] PorkrollPosadist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

X11 used to require very cumbersome MANUAL configuration, where you would specify the exact parameters of your keyboard, mouse, monitor, and other peripherals. If you accidentally ended up overclocking your monitor it would melt. For at least a decade, it has been able to run with no configuration file at all, but in the 90s/early 2000s you had to produce a unique >75 line xorg.conf file for your specific hardware.

[-] yak@feddit.it 7 points 2 years ago

Thanks, that's terrifying and I'm glad that I never had to do it

[-] hardaysknight@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

God that brings back memories

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