Hi, Please excuse my ignorance in these matters.....
Regarding the monitor refresh rate issue - it's just an old 14" CRT that should be able to do 72Hz at 800 X 600 resolution, but looking through xorg.conf I really not sure which line to change, nor how what I need relates to horizontal sync (I take it vertical refresh rate is my 72Hz) ? Is there some standard setting for a generic monitor to get this setting (for example like the 'default monitor' under windows). And should I be modifying the file in /etc/X11 or the one in /usr/share/xresprobe? The video card is on the motherboard - a gigabyte GA-6VEML - google indicates under windows it would use a Trident 8500 vga driver. Does this have any bearing on anything? I'm still looking at the modem issue... (and sorry for top posting -> using outlook ). Regards, Bryce Stenberg -----Original Message----- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Newbie questions - Ubuntu... On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:01:21 +1200 Bryce Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I lurked on this list for some years, and have just tried to use > linux again (last time was with mandrake back in 2000 but my hardware > was not up to it). > > Anyway, I've aquired a second hand pc (1.2GHz celeron, 384mb ram) and > managed to lose the XP install key while blowing it away for a clean > install. > So, I thought I'd try ubuntu after seeing lots of positive comments > here. > > I have it installed and running but have couple of things I can't find > where to change. > > 1. Screen refresh rate - I'm only offerred 61hz regardless of > resolution chosen. Does this imply a wrong video driver? If so, where > do I see drivers and go about changing them? (I really hope it's point > and click). Or is something else required? Most likely the monitor capabilities are not properly reported whn xorg probes the monitor. You may therefore need to manually provide the horzontal sync and vertical refresh rates to the xorg.conf file. You can often find the rates for your monitor from the back of the monitor, or the instruction book, or by googling the monitor make & model. > > 2. Modem connection - under the network settings I set up ppp with my > isp details, but can't get it to work or dial up. It also won't > auto-detect my modem. The modem is one of those winmodem things I think. > So, is this driver issue also? How should I go about correcting it? yes it is a driver issue. use the scanmodem utility from here http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/ and report back its findings. > > Regards, > Bryce Stenberg. >
