andrew wrote: > OK, I removed my custom xorg.conf and logged out. Unfortunately I can only > get my usual resolution (1152x864) at 75Hz - the nVidia settings thing > doesn't let me choose 85Hz (my preferred refresh rate) for this resolution. > Windows XP thinks 85Hz is the top sync speed for this resolution on this > monitor, but I've seen it driven as high as 120Hz. Looks like I can't quite > ditch the custom xorg.conf yet. :-( > > If you want to know why the NVIDIA X driver rejected 85Hz, do the following:
# mkdir -p /etc/dt/config # cp /usr/dt/config/Xservers /etc/dt/config/Xservers # vi /etc/dt/config/Xservers Append to the command line at the bottom " -logverbose 6" # pkill -HUP dtlogin Now /var/log/Xorg.0.log will show each video mode it tried to validate and why it was rejected.