Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your reply.
Are you referring to setting a higher resolution than I want? Because I actually have no trouble getting 1280x1024, the problem is getting a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz. In 1024x768, I get 85 Hz which is acceptable (but that's a too small resolution for my taste). Best Regards, Robert Björn Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: >Hello Robert, > >In my experience, at least with Red Hat 7.3, XFree86 usually does a size >smaller than what you set it to in the config. So, you may want to try >that and let us know how that goes. > >-- Jonathan > >-- >Jonathan M. Slivko >Senior Account Executive >EconnHosting Internet Services >90 Morningside Drive >New York, NY 10027 >Toll Free: 800-827-0541 >Local: 212-663-1109 >Fax: 212-663-1109 >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >AIM: JonMS418 >MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.econnhosting.net/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >On Behalf Of Robert Björn >Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:47 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Can't get proper refresh rate in X > >I installed Red Hat 8.0 today and was pleasantly surprised at the >extremely clean installation process and interface. The Red Hat tools >are MUCH better and cleaner than Mandrake, which I have on my server box > >and which I had previously heard was the most user friendly >distribution. The difference is really huge! These tools actually work >(with one exception, see below), and are well integrated with KDE and >GNOME. A job well done! >The only thing that bothered me during the Red Hat installation was that > >it would not recognize my USB mouse at first -- I had to use a PS/2 >mouse until I could select an USB mouse in the installation. I have had >no mouse trouble since. > >However, what is really bugging me and keeps me from really exploring >Red Hat and GNU/Linux is that I am unable to configure the X server >properly. I had the same problem with my old monitor and my old computer > >with all the distributions I tried as well as FreeBSD. > >As my monitor (Iiyama HM903DT / Vision Master Pro 454) is not available >in the list, I've tried selecting various types of Generic Monitor as >well as most other models of the same monitor brand that I have. I have >also tried to manually input (using Red Hat's graphical monitor system >configuration tool included in the distribution) the horizontal and >vertical ranges that my monitor supports according to available >specifications. > >Despite that, I get no higher than 60 Hz if I select a resolution above >1024x768. My monitor supports more than 100 Hz in 1280x1024 but if I >could at least get 85 Hz in that resolution then I might be okay with >that. 60 Hz really is unacceptable and very unpleasant on my eyes. > >I had assumed that because my old monitor was cheap and unknown, things >would work without a hitch on my new machine and monitor. But I find >that I have the exact same problem. It's hard to believe I am the only >one with it. So if anyone has any suggestions at all on how to proceed I > >would be most greatful if you could share them. Thanks in advance! > >Best Regards, >Robert Björn > > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
