Newbie here with ATI card

[Nelson Montague]

Hi Guys,

So do you have anybody any advice on

- How to make my ATI card / monitor (?) work on more than 60Hz /
because my eye blinks?

- Me how to Google for the solution effectively - since I can't find it.

- If no answer, maybe I shall just move on to the next distribution -
which is which, anyway?

I appreciate you guys,

Thanks in advance!

Neslon

> > New to Linux, new to Ubuntu, and new to this list! Welcome everybody!
> >
> > I have an ATI Radeon 9600 RV 350 card... and the problem is I cannot
> > do Gutsy to run it above 60Hz.
> >
> > I installed the recommended restricted ATI driver,
> >
> > I als o found this resource
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto
> >
> > Changed my monitor refresh rate in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > to 30-96 from the previous 30-70
> >
> > Then I went down to the section "ATI - Refresh Rate & Resolution QuickFix"
> >
> > Applied the recommended changes:
> >
> > sudo  aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > sudo  aticonfig --resolution=1600x1200,1280x1024,1024x768
> > sudo  aticonfig --force-monitor=crt1,notv
> >
> > The second one,
> > sudo  aticonfig --resolution=1600x1200,1280x1024,1024x768
> > did not work, sent the following error message:
> > Error: Section # expected
> > aticonfig: parsing the command-line failed.
> >
> > Also applied
> > sudo  aticonfig hsync=Screen0,30-96
> >
> > So, that's what I did, and my eyes still blinking of the 60Hz refresh rate...
> >
> > What shall I do next?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Nelson
> >
>
> Well, when your using aticonfig, your line should look something like
> this:
> sudo  aticonfig --resolution=0,1600x1200,1280x1024,1024x768
>
>
> Note that the 0 has to be there.
>
> What the 0 does is it tells Aticonfig which monitor you want it to
> configure (0 is your first monitory, 1 is your second, so on and so on)