Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-20 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Wed 20 Jun 2007 09:11:18 NZST +1200, Roger Searle wrote: I had followed the route via model=LCD,[EMAIL PROTECTED] and then edited the xorg.conf modelname and vendorname lines. Those strings are just identifiers, like variable names in a programming language. Rolling your head on the

Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-19 Thread Andrew Turner
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:14:48 +1200 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have managed to partially configure the settings for an LCD monitor that is rated at 1440x900 @60Hz (from the manual's specs - an AOC 193FW). I did so by using SuSE's Graphics Card Monitor tool in Yast. This got

Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-19 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Hi, I have managed to partially configure the settings for an LCD monitor that is rated at 1440x900 @60Hz (from the manual's specs - an AOC 193FW). I did so by using SuSE's Graphics Card Monitor tool in Yast. Good. This got me as far as getting 1440x900, but the only refresh options

Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-19 Thread Roger Searle
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Hi, I have managed to partially configure the settings for an LCD monitor that is rated at 1440x900 @60Hz (from the manual's specs - an AOC 193FW). I did so by using SuSE's Graphics Card Monitor tool in Yast. Good. This got me as far as getting 1440x900,

Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Thanks for all the replies! 3 great commands I didn't know about. And I'm sure I'll get better picture as soon as I get a dvi extension and dispense with the vga cable it's currently running on. Here are 4 more you might find useful:- ( As root ) X -help X -configureprobe for

Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-19 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, June 20, 2007 9:11 am, Roger Searle wrote: I had followed the route via model=LCD,[EMAIL PROTECTED] and then edited the xorg.conf modelname and vendorname lines. xwininfo -root (doesn't tell me anything on refresh rate?) No the purpose of xwininfo was to make sure you were

lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-18 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I have managed to partially configure the settings for an LCD monitor that is rated at 1440x900 @60Hz (from the manual's specs - an AOC 193FW). I did so by using SuSE's Graphics Card Monitor tool in Yast. This got me as far as getting 1440x900, but the only refresh options available

Re: lcd monitor refresh rate

2007-06-18 Thread Nick Rout
I would be looking to see if sax has wrongly set up something which is restricting the X server from running at the higher refresh rate. However the obvious candidates (HorizSync and VertRefresh) are correct according to the specs here: