Re: Just installed Woody, problem with refresh rate
The actual refresh rate used will depend upon the video card, monitor
and resolution you select. The configuration file,
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4, contains the information about your video card
and monitor. If you examine it you should see this information. In my
case it looks like this -
Section "Device"
Identifier "Matrox Mystique 220"
Driver "mga"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Sony MultiScan 17sf II"
HorizSync 31-65
VertRefresh 50-120
Option "DPMS"
You can edit this file manually and enter the correct horizontal and
vertical refresh frequencies if they are in error. If you make any
changes you will have to restart the xserver for them to take effect.
Paul Winkler
On Saturday 10 August 2002 10:43 pm, christenpet wrote:
> I'm trying Linux again after being away from it for a couple of
> years. My first attempt back then was with Slink, but I couldn't get
> the internet connection to work properly.
>
> Woody installed so easily, and I'm able to use Mozilla now. But my
> problem is with the refresh rate of my screen. The screen has a bad
> flicker at 37.8KHz/60Hz. I remember from Slink that I had to run
> XF86Config and supply the horizontal and vertical scanning ranges.
> Mine are 31.5-70 KHz and 50-120 Hz. Under Windows my refresh rate
> was 53.5/85. I tried running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> because I noticed that I had not supplied the video card ID and
> monitor ID. But the problem still exists. Has anyone had a similar
> problem? Any thoughts on how to fix it?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Christensen
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