Didnt you configure that during your installation ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "surianto chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: [newbie] refresh rate
> hello all,
>
> i'm a new user in linux and currently using mandrake
> 7.0. i'd like to ask about how to change my monitor
> refresh rate from 56 hz to 85 hz (vertical). because
> in my windows 98 (i use both windows and linux
> mandrake in the same computer) i can have a 85 hz
> refresh rate at 800x600 resolution, but in linux it is
> just 56 hz at 800x600 resolution.
> my vga card is s3 virge/gx2 with 4 mb memory.
> i have tried to configured it in xf86setup with the s3
> virge/gx2 card, and i chose generic supervga monitor
> also i have tried to choose svga server and s3v
> server.
> the result was i can use xwindows if i used svga
> server but with 56 hz refresh rate. if i used s3v
> server i couldn't use xwindows because there was an
> error so i couldn't have xwindows.
> also i've downloaded the latest s3v server rpm from
> redhat, but still couldn't work.
> and i tried to use xvidtune but also didn't work.
> what should i do? i really want to use linux much than
> windows, but also i don't want to have my eyes annoyed
> ;-)
>
> thanks for your help,
> surianto chen
>
>
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