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109201 2002-12-27 00:49:00 Windoze NT is broken again :_|, so I'm having another play with RH8 instead of fixing it. :D

However I cant find where to set the default refresh rate; currently I'm running at 1024/768 resolution, and 48K/60HZ frequency, and to put it mildly gives me a hedache after 30's of use.

Currently my "/etc/X11/XF86Config" file looks like this # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "PHILIPS M107"
DisplaySize 310 230
HorizSync 30.0 - 71.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
ModeLine "1400x1050" 129.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 151.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 162.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 184.0 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +hsync +vsync
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

What do I have to change to make the refresh rate default to 85HZ ?:|


Cheers

Liam 		nz_liam (845)
109202 2002-12-27 02:51:00 I believe that NVIDIA cards are a bit tricky. Because they are popular, problems will be fixed fairly quickly.

I see that you have "generic" software for it. Did you load drivers from the nvidia site? It would probably be a good idea. I think there are some "howto" files on that site. "nvidia linux" will find their site, and there's also a lengthy article which is worth a look. 		Graham L (2)
109203 2002-12-27 05:34:00 Thanks for the reply; I would have a look at the NVIDA site (I belive it is www.nvida.com), but it seems there site is down:A server error has occurred. ((42000) [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot open database requested in login 'zoneedit'. Login fails.)

I might try using an older driver in the meantime say geforce2 and see wether that helps.


Cheers

Liam 		nz_liam (845)
109204 2002-12-27 05:42:00 Well using the GeForce2 Generic drivers instead of the GeForce4 drivers seem to have fixed the problem, I am now running at 1024/768 and 69K/85HZ, so at least I can now read the screen.

I will try and get the new GeForce4 drivers of the NVIDA site when it comes back online.


Cheers

Liam 		nz_liam (845)
109205 2002-12-27 08:06:00 The problem was the line:

Driver "vesa"


It was using the standard VESA driver, which can't do nice refresh rates .

The opensource (2d only) driver is called "nv", and the NVidia ones are called "nvidia" .

IIRC both drivers will detect the card type, the board/vendorname is just for display . 		bmason (508)
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