Monitor refresh ..again

[vultureanu]

i have slackware 10 installed on my PC. In Control Center, on display settings I have 1024x768 with 85Hz. In xorg.conf I have HorizSync 31.5-90 and VertRefresh 50-200. But the problem is on monitor OSD where I got 60Hz. How can I changed this 85Hz from Control Center to be real 85Hz not 60? :confused:

[JohnT]

What DM are you using? and what video card and monitor?

[XiaoKJ]

I would be very bold and set VertRefresh as 75-100, but your system may crash :D

nah -- can your monitor support that or not?

[vultureanu]

Originally posted by JohnT
What DM are you using? and what video card and monitor?

I have an Philips E50. My video card is an ATI onboard with 4Mb. My monitor suports 1024x768 with 85Hz. An DM I don't know what it is :rolleyes:

[vultureanu]

Originally posted by XiaoKJ
I would be very bold and set VertRefresh as 75-100, but your system may crash :D

nah -- can your monitor support that or not?


I already set VertRefresh at 75-100 and nothing changed. My monitor suports 1024x768 with 85Hz.

[rbrimhall]

Originally posted by vultureanu
I have an Philips E50. My video card is an ATI onboard with 4Mb. My monitor suports 1024x768 with 85Hz. An DM I don't know what it is :rolleyes:

DM = Desktop manager (I think... but I'm probably wrong;) )

[JohnT]

Originally posted by vultureanu
I have an Philips E50. My video card is an ATI onboard with 4Mb. My monitor suports 1024x768 with 85Hz. An DM I don't know what it is :rolleyes: Run the command xvidtune and look in the lower right corner. This is your actual rate.

[XiaoKJ]

I would think that maybe your video card cannot support it as its too old -- 4mb ram is very very old!

[vultureanu]

Originally posted by XiaoKJ
I would think that maybe your video card cannot support it as its too old -- 4mb ram is very very old!


My video card worked on 1024x768 with real 85Hz on slackware 9.1 and windows98

[vultureanu]

Originally posted by JohnT
Rune the command xvidtune and look in the lower right corner. This is your actual rate.


i run this command and I got this message:

Vendor: , Model:
Num hsync: 1, Num vsync: 1
hsync range 0: 31.50 - 90.00
vsync range 0: 75.00 - 200.00
Video are not settable on this chip

[JohnT]

Do you know how to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? You can edit the lines:

# Monitor section
VertRefresh 50-120 (instead of a range put the exact number)

such as:

# Monitor section
VertRefresh 85

Do so at your own risk though. You might not be able to boot to "X". Be prepared to re-edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to its previous state, from the commandline.

[vultureanu]

Originally posted by JohnT
Do you know how to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? You can edit the lines:

# Monitor section
VertRefresh 50-120 (instead of a range put the exact number)

such as:

# Monitor section
VertRefresh 85

Do so at your own risk though. You might not be able to boot to "X". Be prepared to re-edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to its previous state, from the commandline.


SetVertRefresh 85. Nothing changed :(

[JohnT]

Thats all that setup will go. I don't know of anything else you can do.