Visible lines on my LCD screen (Refresh rate problem?)

[OOzy Pal]

On 5/7/06, mrwolff <mrwolff at bigred.unl.edu> wrote:
> I'm not sure if this has to do with refresh rates or not, but I can see
> little visible lines running across my screen sometimes.  It isn't
> visible a lot of times, but for example with gray backgrounds or
> something similar it is very visible.  I would say it was something
> wrong with the refresh rates, but this is an LCD monitor on a Dell
> Inspiron 6000 laptop.  Any ideas what they are or how I get rid of
> them?  I checked my xorg.conf and did notice that the monitor was set at
> 1280x800 at 60
>
> I'm not sure what the @ 60 does, but could I perhaps change that and get
> rid of these lines?  What are the standard settings for an LCD monitor?
> Do they even need refresh rates?
>
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@60 is the frequency that the monitor is refreshed at. I think playing
with this number might help the problem. May be you can call dell and
ask them. I know that they might support Linux but ask them if it is
safe to go higher in Frequency.

Is bigred still kicking a*s. I am not from the States but I studied my
BSEE @UNL. It has been long time. Anyhow, good luck.
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