Re: Setting an EXACT Refresh Rate
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 05:49:37PM -0400, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote:
> Can I specify an exact refresh rate on my monitor in X (Xfree4.1 is
> what I am using)? I look at the XFConfig-4 line and I only put in my
> monitor's horizontal and vertical Syncs and X determines the rest.
> The problem is my monitor 'default' is set at a specific rate but in
> reality, it can be used at a much higher one. I was able to set at
> maximum rate in Windows. I feel that X doesn't use that highest
> support refresh rate but the default one instead.
>
> So my question is, can I tell X to override the optimal or default
> rates determined from the hor and ver syncs with my own refresh rate
> value ?
You could try creating a custom modeline. The XFree Video Timings HOWTO
goes over doing it manually, but there are probably tools available that
do it for you.
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