do you have an lcd or crt display? as far as I can remember most lcd monitors have 60hz refresh rates ... but since thats causing flicking for you, it could be the driver that has a bug. can you do a:
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version string" from a GUI command line? In the worst case, you might have to install the latest driver from nvidia.com. Regards, Tareq Ahmed Siraj ________________________________ From: Hafiz Imtiaz <eee.imt...@gmail.com> To: Ubuntu Bangladesh <ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:44:53 PM Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-BD] Help needed about display resolution Yeah, I have tried. But AUTO mode selects the refresh rate as 87Hz which is not supported y my monitor. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Tareq Siraj <to_ta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Imtiaz, > Can you try leaving the refresh rate to "auto" and see if that fixes it? > > > Regards, > Tareq Ahmed Siraj > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Hafiz Imtiaz <eee.imt...@gmail.com> > To: Ubuntu Bangladesh <ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:27:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-BD] Help needed about display resolution > > I know very little about the command line linux like editing xorg.conf > or something like that. I opened the xorg.conf file, but everything > seems obscure to me... > > Anyway, I have changed the resolution by NVidia Display Settings menu > which appeared after installing the proprietory driver. But the screen > seems to be flickering. I used to run windows xp/vista with the same > settings 1024x768,32bit,60Hz > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Tareq Siraj <to_ta...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi Imtiaz, >> Is 800x600 hard coded in your xorg.conf? If so, can you try commenting out >> the line that has the resolutions? Generally X can automatically pick up the >> highest supported resolution. I'm not sure about linux mint though, since >> i've never used it. >> >> Also, in my experience, compiling and installing the nvidia driver from >> nvidia.com gave me better results. It also gives you the nvidia x server >> settings tool which is quite handy. >> >> >> Regards, >> Tareq Ahmed Siraj >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Hafiz Imtiaz <eee.imt...@gmail.com> >> To: ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:10:31 AM >> Subject: [Ubuntu-BD] Help needed about display resolution >> >> Hello >> >> I have recently installed Linux Mint 6 on my Pentium 4, GeForce FX >> 5200 128MB, 1536MB RAM, Samsung 551s monitor PC. The problem I am >> facing is, initially the display resolution [both on liveCD and first >> boot] was OK, 1024x768. But after installing the proprietory driver >> for nVidia graphics card, my resolution switched to 800x600. And I >> can't change it from Administration-> Display Resolution. The highest >> value there is 800x600. I have read on this mailing list someone >> talking about modifying "xorg.conf" to solve this mess, but I can't >> find the mail. Can anyone help me to simultaneously use proprietory >> driver and run on 1024x768 screen resolution?? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> -- >> Hafiz Imtiaz >> 0306005 >> EEE,BUET >> PH: 01915698207 >> www.hafizimtiaz.co.nr >> >> -- >> Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >> ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >> ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >> > > > > -- > Hafiz Imtiaz > 0306005 > EEE,BUET > PH: 01915698207 > www.hafizimtiaz.co.nr > > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list > ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > > > > > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list > ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- Hafiz Imtiaz 0306005 EEE,BUET PH: 01915698207 www.hafizimtiaz.co.nr -- Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
