updating monitor information

[Jorge Santos]

Do you have the xserver-xorg installed?  You should, and if so, it
seems peculiar that you don't have an xorg.conf file.  Anyway, if you
have it installed try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg it will guide you
trough the configuration, you can just press enter in the stuff that's
already configured to you liking, then you will get to the monitor
configuration, where you have several ways of configuring refresh
rates, that should do it for you.  If you don't have xserver-xorg
installed try installing it.

Greetings,
Jorge

On 4/26/05, Aroon Pahwa <viperstyx at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/05, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
> > > hey all,
> > >
> > > i just got a new monitor which can run higher resolutions and higher
> > > refresh rates.  i've read past emails that direct me to edit my
> > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to update resolution/refresh rate stats for my
> > > monitor but the file doesnt seem to exist.  im running hoary final.
> > >
> > > i read through XF86Config-4 and that did list possible resolutions at
> > > various color depths but it didnt seem to contain any information
> > > about refresh rates.
> > >
> > > all help is appreciated!
> > >
> > > aroon pahwa
> >
> > Hi aroon,
> >
> > Hardly an expert, but once you put the correct vertical and horizontal
> > refresh rates in  /etc/X11/xorg.conf, Gnome should let you select
> > whatever refresh rates&resolutions your new monitor is capable of.
> >
> > You should find the vertical and horizontal frequency ranges in your
> > monitors' manual, or you can open a terminal in Linux and type "sudo
> > ddcprobe". It will give infos about your monitor. For example on my
> > machine it returns (among many other infos) :
> >
> > ****************
> > monitorrange: 31-69, 55-120
> > monitorname: NEC M700
> > monitorserial: 8202877TA
> > vincent at Lotus-Esprit:~ $
> > ****************
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > --
> > Vince
> >
> 
> thanks for the tips Vince.  unfortunately, it seems that i dont even
> have an xorg.conf file to edit...
> 
> aroon
> 
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