[xubuntu-users] Default Screen Resolution & Refresh Frequency

[Xianwen Chen]

Dear Eberhard,

It worked! Thank you so much!

Cheers,

Wen

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de> wrote:
> Xianwen Chen wrote:
>> Dear Eberhard,
>>
>> Thanks for your hint. I did further research, and then added monitor
>> info and screen info into xorg.conf. Now the screen looks like to be
>> 1024x768 @ 85hz. Is there anyway to check if the refresh rate is 85hz?
>> 'cause I didn't see any code in xorg.conf which sets the refresh rate.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Wen
>>
> Hi Wen,
>
> great to hear that you succeeded.
>
> I would expect to find a display of resolution/refresh diagnosis item
> somewhere in your monitor's menues.
>
> Maybe someone else knows how to get the refresh rate out of a working
> Linux session, I do not.
>
> What I usually do to get a specified refresh rate:
> 1. go to http://bohne-lang.de/spec/linux/modeline/
> 2. Enter resolution and target refresh rate on the left hand side
> 3. get modeline
> 4. enter modeline
> 5. get refresh rate
>
> However I did not use this approach since for some years now, I nearly
> always get in touch with LCDs and they seem to be magically set
> correctly. ;-)
>
>
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