U11.10 Screen Refresh Rate

[Colin Law]

On 27 September 2011 12:35, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> On 27 September 2011 10:50, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> That is what I thought, so saying the solution is just to edit the
>> file is a bit of an oversimplification.  It is not just a matter of
>> editing a file, finding the line that says RefreshRate or similar and
>> changing the number.
>
> Sure, but most people don't ever need to change the refresh rate setting.
>
>>  It is a matter of understanding the syntax of
>> the file and knowing what to put in it in order to  set the refresh
>> rate.  Or is there a way of asking the system to generate a default
>> one matching the system so that one can just edit it?
>
> sudo Xorg :1 -configure
>
> That will generate an xorg.conf.new in your home directory. Here's the
> output of me running that on my desktop (along with amusing "Error,
> no, that's not an error" error message.
>
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/697821/
>
> Here's the resulting xorg.conf.new.
>
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/697823/
>
> Not brilliant :)
>
>  > Am I correct in
>> thinking that one can actually damage the hardware if one gets the
>> file horribly wrong?
>>
>
> I've seen that reported, never seen anyone actually say they broke a
> screen with it though.
>
>> I have not seen any explanation anywhere as to why the option to set
>> refresh rate has been removed from the gui.
>>
>
> Probably (at a guess) because these days people tend to use LCD panels
> not CRT displays.

Thanks for that Alan, particularly how to create an conf file.  That
will go into my notes repository for dredging up some time.

Colin