Monitor Autodetection - Refresh rates

Lloyd D Budd foolswisdom at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 19:16:59 CST 2004


On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 01:39:00 -0500, AJ <aj023 at optonline.net> wrote:

> Hello.  I have a Hitachi CM753U (Hitachi Smartscan 753) which is detected
> correctly however the top refresh rates are incorrect as the monitor can do
> higher.  
> I am using the Nvidia GLX driver as well.  
> Any ideas on what can be done to rectifiy such issues for future versions? 
> It appears as though the overall monitor refresh rates were detected
> correctly however it gave 85hz for the top rates while the monitor can do
> higher.  

> There has to be a better way than manually editing the modlines for linux
> users who want to use their monitors high refresh rates even though it works
> (albeit at the lower rates).  
>   
> Any suggestions?  
I have not tried either , but do either of these do what you are looking for:
xf86cfg
xf86config

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Peace be in you ,
Lloyd D Budd



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