Screen Resolution Prob 7.10

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On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 13:18 -0700, Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
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> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 12:38 PM
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> Subject: Screen Resolution Prob 7.10
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> I have completed loading Ubuntu 7.10 and have downloaded all 902
> updates.  I have started to use my system.  I went to
> System>Preferences>Monitor.  I opened the screen resolution window to
> change resolution as the resolution is too small for me.  I changed
> resolution to I believe 600X800.  When I applied the settings the
> screen went black and never came back, even after a long wait.  I
> killed power to the machine and rebooted the system.  It came back up
> OK.  I tried again, same results.  Also there is a choice for refresh
> rate.  Is it specific or will either one work?  Has anyone else had
> this problem?
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> Jeffrey Tooker 
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> Paynes Creek Ca.
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> I tried changing screen resolution on my dedicated off line Ubunto
> machine with disk load only and no updates.  It works fine.  The off
> line machine has a much longer list of resolution choices than my
> online updated machine.  For the online machine (the one with the
> problem) the resolution window looses the 60HZ choice for refresh
> rate.  I think this may be part of the problem as I believe 60HZ is
> the necessary refresh rate for USA.
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> Jeffrey Tooker 
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> Paynes Creek Ca.
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Jeffrey, you can use any refresh rate your video hardware will allow,
the higher the better to avoid eye strain.  Like the 85 Hz this computer
is using right now.  

You may be thinking of the standard frequency of normal AC electric
current in the USA, which is indeed 60 Hz.