[plug] Changing refresh rate to something higher than 85Hz??

[Ari Finander]

----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Duff <bastett at meowers.net>
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Changing refresh rate to something higher than 85Hz??
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:16:40 +0800

> 
> Which driver are you using, the opensource or the proprietry nvidia one?
> XFree86 or XOrg?
> I believe that when I wanted to change refreshes, I did this (though I 
> changed down, due to noises my monitor made at high refresh):
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier "<WHATEVER>"
>    HorizSync 30-62
>    VertRefresh 50-75
> EndSection
> 
> The appropriate values should be in your monitor documentation (it can 
> be dangerous to go over the hsync value I think, don't quote me).
> 
> Maybe post your X config file?
> 
> Simon

Here's my current xorg.conf file, without the modeline (there's no difference in refresh with or without that modeline):

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor 1280x1024"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 95.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 180.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "RIVA TNT2"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection


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