Re: [newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote: Windoze hardly ever has a problem with monitors, since no matter what you choose as the monitor manufacturer or model, you'll either get monitor.inf, or monitor2.inf, both of which under-drive most all monitors (and video cards). Ah! That is why the video in Linux here looks so much better than in Winzzz!! Paul -- Cats could have ruled the Universe, but couldn't be bothered. -Paul Gray )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21+Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Re[2]: [newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000 08:19:40 -0500 it was written: Many monitor manufacturers overstate their product specs, and 'Hz' are always ± Damn near all the time, even junk monitors will do 1280x... @ 60Hz (17" ), so that's usually a good choice if you're not sure, or your monitor doesn't wanna run X at specs. Are we talking 17+" monitors here, because my 15" Nokia want even consider anything above 1024x... and I don't think many smaller monitors will. I also thought attempting to run monitors at wrong resolutions could lead to damage. -- Steve - Cheltenham, UK - In love and light we are In darkness we are no less
Re: [newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver
actually, a tv doesn't have resution or color death. Its analog, it has only x resution and unlimited color deaph. - Original Message - From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver On Wed, 02 Aug 2000, you wrote: I have heard through the grape vine that the refresh rates can sometimes be off by 1Hz or so. Try your refresh rates and make sure they are set correctly. You may have to go into the X config file, I am not sure how to change it. I am trying to work this out myself. And I thought monitors were meant to protect themselves from incorrect refresh rates. Any ideas people? Many monitor manufacturers overstate their product specs, and 'Hz' are always ± Damn near all the time, even junk monitors will do 1280x... @ 60Hz (17" ), so that's usually a good choice if you're not sure, or your monitor doesn't wanna run X at specs. Windoze hardly ever has a problem with monitors, since no matter what you choose as the monitor manufacturer or model, you'll either get monitor.inf, or monitor2.inf, both of which under-drive most all monitors (and video cards). No matter what OS your monitor is used with, it will never run at 'full speed' unless your video card and ram/cpu/cache/motherboard are up to the task. If all that is in good shape, many quality monitors can be over-driven with very little risk, ~ +10 to 15% Whatever, depending on the back lighting (fluorescent is the worst), refresh rates below ~70 will usually produce flicker. TV's are 60Hz, yet flicker is rarely noticed. That's 'cause resolution and depth are _low_. If you feel your getting flicker with the proper settings, try a lower resolution and/or color depth, run your monitor above spec, or both. If you then hear a high pitched squeal coming from the back of the monitor... buy better hardware ;- -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver
you can fix the refresh rates in DrakConf with the Xconfigurator options in the top left. Be careful though! Read your monitors documentation and enter exactly what it says. I did this and my monitor/video behavor in linux improved 100%. Good Luck! Dacia --- Ian McLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard through the grape vine that the refresh rates can sometimes be off by 1Hz or so. Try your refresh rates and make sure they are set correctly. You may have to go into the X config file, I am not sure how to change it. I am trying to work this out myself. And I thought monitors were meant to protect themselves from incorrect refresh rates. Any ideas people? =*= wrote: The only glitch I have noticed is an occasional "quiver" -- the display sort of vibrates horizontally. Anyone know what might be causing this? __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver
On Wed, 02 Aug 2000, you wrote: I have heard through the grape vine that the refresh rates can sometimes be off by 1Hz or so. Try your refresh rates and make sure they are set correctly. You may have to go into the X config file, I am not sure how to change it. I am trying to work this out myself. And I thought monitors were meant to protect themselves from incorrect refresh rates. Any ideas people? Many monitor manufacturers overstate their product specs, and 'Hz' are always ± Damn near all the time, even junk monitors will do 1280x... @ 60Hz (17" ), so that's usually a good choice if you're not sure, or your monitor doesn't wanna run X at specs. Windoze hardly ever has a problem with monitors, since no matter what you choose as the monitor manufacturer or model, you'll either get monitor.inf, or monitor2.inf, both of which under-drive most all monitors (and video cards). No matter what OS your monitor is used with, it will never run at 'full speed' unless your video card and ram/cpu/cache/motherboard are up to the task. If all that is in good shape, many quality monitors can be over-driven with very little risk, ~ +10 to 15% Whatever, depending on the back lighting (fluorescent is the worst), refresh rates below ~70 will usually produce flicker. TV's are 60Hz, yet flicker is rarely noticed. That's 'cause resolution and depth are _low_. If you feel your getting flicker with the proper settings, try a lower resolution and/or color depth, run your monitor above spec, or both. If you then hear a high pitched squeal coming from the back of the monitor... buy better hardware ;- -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Refresh rates / Screen quiver
I have heard through the grape vine that the refresh rates can sometimes be off by 1Hz or so. Try your refresh rates and make sure they are set correctly. You may have to go into the X config file, I am not sure how to change it. I am trying to work this out myself. And I thought monitors were meant to protect themselves from incorrect refresh rates. Any ideas people? =*= wrote: The only glitch I have noticed is an occasional "quiver" -- the display sort of vibrates horizontally. Anyone know what might be causing this?
