SNIP > Oh Derek, thank you so much, up until now I simply accepted what ever > diskdrake installed automatically. > > Of course It was the screen resolution, rather than drive choice. > > I chose, > > generic monitor 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz, > > Now it may be that the monitor is capable of a higher frequency than > 60Hz, but I don't want tp get locked out, is there anyway of finding > out, I think from memory that windblows chooses 70 or 74Hz,but I cannot > quite remember, I suppose I could go back there and look, but I'm > concerned with linux here and I'm wondering if I can "test the monitor" > without getting locked out. > > John
There is not really a way to 'test' what settings your monitor is capable of (Not without risking blowing it up!) The safe way is to refer to the monitors manual. It is possible to write custom settings in XF86Config-4 to suit any monitor. But it really is quite complicated and the documentation is quite arcane (http://www.xfree.org/4.2.0/XF86Config.5.html#sect8) This is probably more work than you feel comfortable doing, so the easy solution is to just use XFdrake to pick a monitor similar to your own, and compare the specs by looking them up on the web. derek
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