Re: Etch 4.0r4a desktop how to set resolution and refresh rate?
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:57:49 -0700
David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
> Jeff Soules wrote:
> > Hm. For me it's Desktop menu -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution.
>
> Thank you. I thought it should be something simple, but am
> unfamiliar with the Gnome UI. :-)
>
>
> The "Resolution" drop-down list has the resolutions I picked when
> installing. But the "Refresh rate" drop-down list only seems to
> offer 60 Hz. Do I need to do the math and edit an X configuration
> file somewhere? I recall doing such years ago, but was hoping that X
> had advanced to the point that it could detect available resolutions
> and refresh rates of the video card and/or monitor and make them
> available simply (similar to Windows).
>
What kind of video card do you have? Which driver is it using? You may
tell this by 'grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf'.
>
> Again, is there current and complete documentation for Etch 4.0r4a?
>
>
>
> TIA,
>
> David
>
>
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