<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux XFree-to-Xinside mini-HOWTO: Why should I need it ?</TITLE> <LINK HREF="XFree86-XInside-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="XFree86-XInside-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="XFree86-XInside.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="XFree86-XInside-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="XFree86-XInside-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="XFree86-XInside.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Why should I need it ?</A></H2> <P> <P>I think that the Xinside policy of not giving you an utility to tweak your video modes ( like xvidtune ) and/or to import your existing XFree ones in the evaluation ( and AFAIK commercial ) version is incomprehensible. I've spent about three hours putting this together ( hint: I've compared the VESA 1024x768@70Hz entry in the two formats ( and I'm nearly an electronic engineer ;-)) while an Xinside programmer could have written a comparable article in a fraction of this time... <P>I haven't downloaded any evaluation version from 1.3 onwards and I really hope they have fixed this. Well, if they have, this mini-HOWTO could be considered useless but, alas, if you read it you will learn something more about how everything works... <P> <HR> <A HREF="XFree86-XInside-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="XFree86-XInside-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="XFree86-XInside.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>