Monitor refresh

Tanatz · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 14

Does Linux ( Gentoo, Mandrake or Fedora, the distros I use ) automatically set the monitor refresh to a safe value?

For example, in Windows, you can disable refresh rates that the monitor cannot support. Is this the case with Linux?

ckdake · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 889 Location: Atlanta, GA

if you use a tool to automatically configure X, its pretty safe, but you can very easily screw up your monitor with crazy sync/refresh rates if you set them manually.
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Rainmaker · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:10 am Post subject:

You can use "Modelines" in you xorg.conf file to control refresh rates:

http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl

Be careful! I actually blew up my monitor experimenting to much... (and ignoring the warning signs like a flickering tube once in a while :cry:

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