From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 25 11:30: 7 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BFEB37B401 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:30:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo.laserfence.net (apollo.laserfence.net [196.44.69.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E26440A0 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:27:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@unfoldings.net) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18nkjp-000LNh-00; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:27:37 +0200 Received: from prometheus-p0.datel.laserfence.net ([192.168.255.1] helo=prometheus.home.laserfence.net) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18nkjY-000LNY-00; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:27:21 +0200 Received: from phoenix.home.laserfence.net ([192.168.0.2]) by prometheus.home.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18nkjU-0003AU-00; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:27:16 +0200 Received: from will by phoenix.home.laserfence.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18nkjS-00049e-00; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:27:14 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen To: "Richard morris" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 5.0 + monitor settings Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:27:14 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200302252127.14890.will@unfoldings.net> X-Spam-Score: (/) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18nkjY-000LNY-00*npnx4KCXE.s* X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020422 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday 25 February 2003 21:08, someone, possibly Richard morris, typed: > I was wondering is it possible or if i can change the refresh rate on > XF86Config file. I've seen a line in the file that says vertrefresh 50 - > 120 i was wondering if i can just have one value there and if that would > change my refresh rate on my monitor because my screen is out of range at > certain resolutions. that is why i need to change my refresh rate. I can > assure you that the resolutions i use are supported by the monitor and > video adaptor. The information you need is in the XF86Config(5) manpage, but the briefe version follows: There are infact two settings you can use in the monitor section to do this. The HorizSync options sets horizontal syncronization frequency, and VertRefresh sets the (vertical) refresh rate. The easiest way to do this, if you know the exact refresh rates your monitor wants for these resolutions, is to set them like this: (For a monitor that wants 68.5KHz horizontal and 85.0 vertical) HorizSync 68.5 VertRefresh 85.0 Be warned, this will force XFree86 to operate ONLY at those refresh rates. This will disable all modes that do not function properly at those rates. You may want to include values for each mode your monitor supports and which you want to use, this can be done like: HorizSync 31.5,68.5 VertRefresh 60.,85.0 The standard setting is to specify a range of possible values, and let the video card BIOS take its pick. Most people have non-standard monitors though. These do not follow VESA specifications and will behave strangely with range settings. Even so, setting a range is still optimal, and if you monitor supports digital controle, I would sugest rather setting the monitor to the proper CRT limits than limiting refresh rates available to your system. > I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF I CAN GET SOME HELP ON THIS > SUBJECT. Totally off topic, but I must have my 2 cents worth. An all capitals line of text is widely considered to be shouting according to internet conventions. Those who answer questions on this list do so without receiving compensation, and in some cases, without even receiving thanks. This is a service that we provide as volunteers, and we attempt to do our best at it. Being shouted at is not nice though, and we would appreciate if you ask politely in the future. Will -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message