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Linux Desktop Hacks
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Linux Desktop Hacks

by Nicholas Petreley, Jono Bacon
March 2005
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
342 pages
15h 55m
English
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Optimize Your Refresh Rates #94
Chapter 11, Hardware
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To determine your optimal refresh rate, visit http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/
cgi-bin/xtiming.pl, and enter your monitor specifications in the Basic Config-
uration section. Do not enter a value for Refresh Rate; that is what you are
seeking to calculate. Unless you have a widescreen display, your Aspect
Ratio is 4:3. Most modern monitors are noninterlaced, but if your monitor is
more than four years old, you should double-check whether it is noninter-
laced by Googling for specifications. There is seldom a reason to check Dou-
blescan. Once you have filled out the information, click the Calculate
Modeline button at the bottom.
When the web page refreshes, a new section at the top will provide you with
a modeline to use in your
XF86Config-4 file. Copy this so that you can use it
later.
Configure Your Monitor
To optimize your monitor settings, you need to adjust your X configuration
file (usually
XF86Config-4, but if you are using Xorg, the file is xorg.conf).
Before you change anything in your X configuration, though, you should
back up your X configuration file with this, or a similar command:
foo@bar:~$ cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.backup
Now you need to modify the configuration file. Within the XF86Config-4 is a
section called
Monitor where you can configure general monitor settings.
Adjust the section using the information ...
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