ddcprobe / X : how to force refresh rates / timing ?

[Vincent Trouilliez]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 12:55 +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 12:12:04AM +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > It doesn't mention  1280x960, but it does state 85Hz @ 1204x768, and
> > 65Hz @ 1280x1024.  So at 1280x960, it should be possible to achive a bit
> > more than 65Hz, say 67Hz, no ? At any rate it should at least do 65Hz,
> > not 60 like Gnome would like me to think.... So how do I force Ubuntu/X
> > whatever to run at 65+ Hz instead of 60 that I am currently stuck
> > with ??
> 
> Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and if there are any HorizSync or VertRefresh
> lines in there, delete them.

This made things worse... now Hoary is stuck at  640x480 @ 60Hz...
ooops... 
If I do it in Warty (I am more interested in Warty actually, as I am not
going to switch I think), deleting these lines doesn't change anything,
no worse no better, it just stays as is (maybe the nvidia driver
interfer here).


--
Vince