Re: U11.10 Screen Refresh Rate

On 27 September 2011 10:50, Colin Law <clanlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That is what I thought, so saying the solution is just to edit the
file is a bit of an oversimplification.  It is not just a matter of
editing a file, finding the line that says RefreshRate or similar and
changing the number.

Sure, but most people don't ever need to change the refresh rate setting.

 It is a matter of understanding the syntax of
the file and knowing what to put in it in order to  set the refresh
rate.  Or is there a way of asking the system to generate a default
one matching the system so that one can just edit it?

sudo Xorg :1 -configure

That will generate an xorg.conf.new in your home directory. Here's the
output of me running that on my desktop (along with amusing "Error,
no, that's not an error" error message.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/697821/

Here's the resulting xorg.conf.new.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/697823/

Not brilliant :)

 Am I correct in
thinking that one can actually damage the hardware if one gets the
file horribly wrong?


I've seen that reported, never seen anyone actually say they broke a
screen with it though.

I have not seen any explanation anywhere as to why the option to set
refresh rate has been removed from the gui.


Probably (at a guess) because these days people tend to use LCD panels
not CRT displays.

Al.

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