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Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> posted |
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20071204200451.GK29076@supernova, excerpted below, on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 |
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12:04:51 -0800: |
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> Hmmm. If you try a slightly lower-resolution mode (say the 1600x1200 you |
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> tried earlier), or the same mode with a lower refresh rate (50Hz |
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> maybe?), does that work? The other OS's could be cheating their refresh |
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> rate a bit. Also, do you have the manual for your monitor? That may have |
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> details on the precise numbers. You could verify that the vertical |
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> refresh and horizontal rates are correctly detected, or specify them |
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> manually in xorg.conf. |
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More practically for those (such as myself) who often buy used |
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monitors... Google! =8^) Put in the make and model number, and I've yet |
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to have Google fail to find at least /one/ site with the frequencies |
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listed. |
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Also, I don't know what reduced blanking is all about, but I do know know |
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I've had very good luck generating custom modelines using Kolas' custom |
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modeline generator. There's several sites on the net running the script |
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and it can be googled if one goes down, but here's the one I've got in my |
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bookmarks: |
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http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines |
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I've successfully used that and slightly tweaked manually set clock |
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settings (if google said 120 HorizSync max, sometimes 121 will work) to |
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eek out 2048x1536@59Hz on monitors rated 1600x1200. |
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Talking about refresh rates: I've found my tolerance for low refresh |
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rates is MUCH better with dark background, light text/foreground color |
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schemes. With a white background, I can tolerate down to ~70 Hz, but |
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with a decent dark background color scheme, that drops down to ~58 Hz. |
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This is with the older CRT tech one is most likely to find used, of |
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course. LCDs in my resolution range are unfortunately still out of my |
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budget range. (Something like the Apple Cinema 30", 2560x1600, two of |
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them @ ~$1700 each... Yes, out of budget range, tho getting close enough |
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to at least look at, now.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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