From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mike Subject: Re: changing refresh rate. Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 11:49:24 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <416049B4.7070403@kevino.org> References: <652016d30410020314a67f701@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <652016d30410020314a67f701@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org manish regmi wrote: > hi all, > How can i change the refresh Rate. I am using Fedora Core 2. > The monitor settings(gdm) does not have refresh rate option. I want to > make it exactly 100 HZ(My system supports this value in Windows). I > have Geforce 2 MX 100/200 card and have installed propritary driver > from nVidia. > > I looked in the xorg.conf file. There is not any entry about refrash rate. > > Thanks in advance. > Manish I have MDK10.0 came with XFree I installed Xorg on mine the xorg.conf is linked to XF86Config-4 xorg.conf -> XF86Config-4 Should be a section Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Dell" ModelName "Dell P780" HorizSync 30-85 VertRefresh 48-120 But be aware that you could damage a videocard or monitor with the wrong values, at least that was warnings I have seen. You can do a google search for linux and your monitor/display and see if others have dealt with your hardware. Keep an open mind on what hardware can do in windows and what it can do in Linux. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs