On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 12:22 -0500, david langton wrote: > With helpful advice from Matthew Mller, I managed to reset my screen > resolution to 1024. But am I satisfied? Now I want to set the screen > refresh rate to 75hz, which is the recommended setting for the (Apple > Multiple Scan 20) monitor at that resolution. In the GUI interface, > there is a Screen Resolution applet under Preferences, but the > settings it allows are only 60hz and 70hz. (The video card is a > Chaintech GeForce MX 440, so it can certainly do it, as I assume the > Linux driver can too.) Can I edit some configuration file somewhere > to make the setting directly or enable the applet to allow a 75hz > setting in its menu? > > Thanks. (Merriy Christmas.) > > -dvd > David, /etc/X11/xorg.conf Set the horizontal and vertical frequencies to those of the monitor. Restart X and the best possible refresh rates will be chosen for the given resolutions. Also if you go to Applications->System->Settings- >Display and find your monitor. I did not see any Apple monitors there, but chances are Apple did not make it anyway. It's probably a Sony or an NEC. Specs at: http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/apple/multiplescan20m1823.html Bob...
