Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-20 Thread Robert Isaac
On 2/19/06, Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lennart Sorensen wrote: Just how exactly can 60hz ever be nicer on the eyes? Well unless it is an LCD in which case it doesn't matter. Well, even on a CRT, if the higher refresh rate pushes above the monitor's maximum dot clock, the

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-17 Thread A J Stiles
On Thursday 16 Feb 2006 19:13, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 11:08:16AM -0800, Land Haj wrote: The monitor instructions says to use 60 Hz instead of 75Hz at the highest resolution (1280x1024), and it is noticeably more comfortable for the eyes. And yes, it is a LCD screen,

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-17 Thread Helge Hafting
A J Stiles wrote: On Thursday 16 Feb 2006 19:13, Lennart Sorensen wrote: If 60Hz is the preferred rate, then why is the monitor telling the computer that it should run at 75Hz? Surely *that* is the question. {Of course, it could all just be due to a badly-shielded cable . that

Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Land Haj
For some reason, using the nvidia driver makes xorg use the wrong vertical refresh rate. My monitor can do 75 Hz at full resolution, but 60 Hz is recommended and much more comfortable for the eyes. All was fine until I* built a custom kernel by copying the config for a stock kernel and adding

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2006 19:22 schrieb Land Haj: For some reason, using the nvidia driver makes xorg use the wrong vertical refresh rate. My monitor can do 75 Hz at full resolution, but 60 Hz is recommended and much more comfortable for the eyes. All was fine until I * built a custom

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 10:22:58AM -0800, Land Haj wrote: For some reason, using the nvidia driver makes xorg use the wrong vertical refresh rate. My monitor can do 75 Hz at full resolution, but 60 Hz is recommended and much more comfortable for the eyes. All was fine until I Just how

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Land Haj
Lennart Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Just how exactly can 60hz ever be nicer on the eyes? Well unless it isan LCD in which case it doesn't matter. The lower the refresh the moreflickering you get. That is why the highest possible refresh is alwayspicked. You can enter your maximum for your

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 11:08:16AM -0800, Land Haj wrote: The monitor instructions says to use 60 Hz instead of 75Hz at the highest resolution (1280x1024), and it is noticeably more comfortable for the eyes. And yes, it is a LCD screen, and yes, I guess it's not the most expensive screen

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Land Haj
Thank you, your mail made me check the changelog for nvidia-glx more carefully. I did this sloppily the first time as I never changed driver or kernel version and it worked before.Adding 'Option "UseEdidFreqs" "no" ' to the device section in xorg.conf fixed my problem.This information is in the

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 11:36:15AM -0800, Land Haj wrote: Thank you, your mail made me check the changelog for nvidia-glx more carefully. I did this sloppily the first time as I never changed driver or kernel version and it worked before. Adding 'Option UseEdidFreqs no ' to the device

Re: Nvidia driver bypasses xorg.conf settings

2006-02-16 Thread Raimund Jacob
Land Haj wrote: hi! For some reason, using the nvidia driver makes xorg use the wrong vertical refresh rate. My monitor can do 75 Hz at full resolution, but 60 Hz is recommended and much more comfortable for the eyes. All was fine until I the nvidia driver now by default ignores your