Compiz and googleearth, tuxkart, torcs, etc

[Alain Muls]

ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> Alain Muls wrote:
>> > What is happening with these programs is that the screen is constantly
>> > flickering when I run either one of them.
>> > I switched my resolution a bit lower froml 1900x1200 to 1600x1050 and it
>> > is getting better, but I do not want to go lower.
>> > 
>> > My card is an ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400 with (I think)
>> > 1 MB of memory (how do I find out?)
>>     
> The first thing to check with flickering is always refresh rate. CRTs 
> at 60Hz flicker horribly (especially under flourescent lighting), so 
> you always want the refresh rate as high as possible. LCD screens, 
> otoh, normally run at 60Hz but even they sometimes do better if you 
> can raise the refresh rate.
> -- derek
Hi

I checked my xorg.conf file and nowhere there is mention of a refresh rate.
How do I do to:
-find out the refresh rates of my graphics card
-and put it into xorg.conf

Tx/Alain

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