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>I want to know how to increase the refresh rate of the console.
>1280x1024 @ 60Hz is a bit harsh on the eyes!
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I experience the same problem. VESA BIOSes tend to default to 60Hz
refresh rates for any resolution. AFAIK there is no option to change
this directly from linux. But there are two possible alternatives.
You can use accelerated fb driver specific to your video card (if such
driver exists in kernel). You should be able to set yuor timings to
whatever you want then. It's cool if you set up exactly the same
timings for both X and console which allows switching from text to X
and back w/o monitor voltage chandes and blanks.
If your card is not supported you may try to find some dos utilities for
your card that allow you to set up refresh rates. For example, both my
card and monitor claim to support DDC and there is a dos program shipped
with the card which is supposed to adjust video mode timings for DDC
monitors. If such program works for you, you may set up a small dos
partition where you put this program with your kernels and boot using
loadlin.
