Re: CRT randomly loses power?

From: Paul Colquhoun (postmaster_at_andor.dropbear.id.au)
Date: 11/03/03


Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 12:40:02 GMT

On 2 Nov 2003 20:57:05 -0800, jonesbr@ecn.purdue.edu <jonesbr@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
| Greetings again, everyone!
|
| 3) My eyes _do_ notice a difference in refresh rate when going from 60 to
| 70 to 85 Hz. At 70 Hz, I avoid the power loss problem, but I would really
| like to push the refresh higher. This will take some more experimentation
| with modelines. I've seen the various online modeline calculators, but does
| anyone know of a simple GUI (GNOME or KDE) that will actually make
| the change on your system and modify your XF86Config?
|
| Any additional thoughts or comments?

Recent KDE versions can do this through the Control Center. It asks for the root
password if you are not root already.

It's under "peripherals" then "X display"

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