-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Satish Alwani wrote: > Actually the X issues are pretty darn irritating. I had kubuntu running > on my laptop, since I wanted to introduce my brother to it. Well, > everything said and done, he wanted to connect it to his lcd tv. Now, we > had it running before on windows, gave brilliant output. But somehow > getting X to do it was a real PITA. > > Also, getting lcds to give you refresh rates of over 60 is another > issue. To top it off, people in IRC just say to use LCDs at 60hz. Trust > me when I say this, there is a difference between 60 and 72/75hz in > LCD's. Even tho the LCD refresh rates are different to how CRT refresh > rates work.
Valid issues - did you file a bug ? This is not a "if it is not a bug then it is not an issue rant" but given your detail description of the issues, it does merit a bug report. > Even CRT's on X can be an issue. My SyncMaster 793s w/ Geforce FX 5200 > for example, gave the default of 60hz. The default settings kubuntu > gives is at 60hz. Ofcourse a little tweakingin xorg.conf, I had it > running at 85. Also, even tho kubuntu ships with the default nvidia > kernel, it still uses the nv driver. Something I fail to understand > because if you use the nvidia driver instead, you gain some performance > increase, including refresh rates. (Ive seen some difference between > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I had to move from nv to nvidia to > get beryl > working, but as soon as i did, the monitor adjustments and everything > felt a bit sweeter. Kinda hard to explain. Considering the major GFX > chipsets are either nvidia / ati. Again, please file the issue :Sankarshan - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGtuxLXQZpNTcrCzMRAoDfAKC9EAUxkfzaxykh8TP/c8Kxj8pywACgrgfA /1bJcjV4yhCJLYpWt1B69EM= =jvaZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
