Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:04:51 -0800:
> Hmmm. If you try a slightly lower-resolution mode (say the 1600x1200 you > tried earlier), or the same mode with a lower refresh rate (50Hz > maybe?), does that work? The other OS's could be cheating their refresh > rate a bit. Also, do you have the manual for your monitor? That may have > details on the precise numbers. You could verify that the vertical > refresh and horizontal rates are correctly detected, or specify them > manually in xorg.conf. More practically for those (such as myself) who often buy used monitors... Google! =8^) Put in the make and model number, and I've yet to have Google fail to find at least /one/ site with the frequencies listed. Also, I don't know what reduced blanking is all about, but I do know know I've had very good luck generating custom modelines using Kolas' custom modeline generator. There's several sites on the net running the script and it can be googled if one goes down, but here's the one I've got in my bookmarks: http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines I've successfully used that and slightly tweaked manually set clock settings (if google said 120 HorizSync max, sometimes 121 will work) to eek out [EMAIL PROTECTED] on monitors rated 1600x1200. Talking about refresh rates: I've found my tolerance for low refresh rates is MUCH better with dark background, light text/foreground color schemes. With a white background, I can tolerate down to ~70 Hz, but with a decent dark background color scheme, that drops down to ~58 Hz. This is with the older CRT tech one is most likely to find used, of course. LCDs in my resolution range are unfortunately still out of my budget range. (Something like the Apple Cinema 30", 2560x1600, two of them @ ~$1700 each... Yes, out of budget range, tho getting close enough to at least look at, now.) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
