Subject: refresh rate (Re: qtopia)
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/04/2006 06:59:58
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On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 10:01:15PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> There are also problems where the code that decides which resultions
> (and refresh rates) the monitor supports gets it wrong.

or even s/supports/prefers/, which can be lower even for expensive LCD
panels.  Faster refresh is not always better there.

> Later versions of X are particularly annoying since they don't seem
> to let you directly set the refresh rate - leaving you with too high
> a refresh rate for a cheap LCD panel.

You want xrandr.

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Dan.

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