* Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > > > * Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > ... > > > So, now the question: why does XFree86 4.1 (Sid) insist on using the > > > vaguely flickery 60Hz mode rather than the nice 85Hz mode? > > > > Because it's just a dumb computer program? > > I guess so! I still think it's connected with that line in the log > about the clock range having an upper limit of 136 MHz. But I can't > figure out where it gets that idea. > > > > Now, as best I can understand all this, it seems that both my i810E and > > > my Philips monitor should support the 85 MHz 1280x960 mode, so the next > > > question is how to force XFree86 to use it, and whether I risk damaging > > > any of my hardware in doing so? > > > > man XF86Config-4. You can specify ModeLine's, just like in X v.3. > > Xvidtune is your friend, too. As for damaging the hardware -- unlikely: > > modern hardware is smart enough to shut itself off (YMMV, of course). > > Google gave me a number of possible modes. I ended up settling (for now) > for a 75 Hz 1280x960 that works well. If I ever get really ambitious, I > can try for an 80-90 Hz mode, but 75 looks pretty solid.
75Hz is not too bad. If you get really adventurous, read XF86-Video-Timings-HOWTO at your nearest linuxdoc mirror. Dima -- I have not been able to think of any way of describing Perl to [person] "Hello, blind man? This is color." -- DPM
