X and Fluxbox :: increasing the friggin' refresh rate!

Quote (_pathos @ Jan. 05 2006,23:25)

Umm Xvesa does have an option for frequency

refer to Xvesa --help
you just need to edit the line in ~/.xserverrc so that -screen WIDTHxHEIGHTxBPP is -screen WIDTHxHEIGHTxBPPxFREQ

Then just restart Fluxbox. I think. I can't test it or I'll blow up my laptop if it works.

I understand your fustration, I had it for several months. There is a lot of useless crap posted and such a small thing like this is unlikely to have a howto as it takes 2 seconds to find if you know where.

good luck learning linux.

Actually, WIDTH X HEIGHT X BPP X FREQ

does NOT work with the TinyX XVESA freedesktop.org server used in DSL.

The --help LIES in this case.

It is true of non-XVesa/Xfbdev servers like XNvidia or Xmach64, but is not true for these servers.

Quote (mikshaw @ Jan. 05 2006,21:13)

It's funny that 60hz has worked fine for years, and very few people complain about it.

Obviously, these people never did computing on either a 12" monochrome CRT terminal or better yet a 32x20 character image displayed on channel 4 of a black and white Zenith vacuum tube TV set that took longer to warm up than most modern bigscreen projection TVs. Or better yet, try using one of those Amiga interlaced graphics modes. If the 30Hz flicker didn't kill you, the whining sound from the monitor would drive you insane.

Of course, the latest rage nowadays is flatscreen LCD monitors, which renders the whole "60Hz" complaint irrelevent.

So maybe I jumped a little bit off topic... Sue me

Heh...cbagger01 is slowly loosing his patience!

on standard CRT monitors 60Hz is freeking killer..but the stock xserver has 60Hz compiled into it...you cant change

Brian
AwPhuch

I think that the big point that continues to be missed is this one:

The VESA 2.0 graphics BIOS specification DOES NOT INCLUDE A STANDARD METHOD TO ADJUST OR EVEN SET A REFRESH RATE.

So it is not a case of lazy coders or missing code not compiled into an xserver. You can't change the refresh rate using Vesa 2.0 commands, in the same way that you can't watch a TV show in color if you only own a black-and-white TV set.

Maybe this is a better analogy:

Someone buys a Ford Taurus with an automatic transmission and complains:

Where is the CLUTCH pedal?

You lazy bastards did not include a clutch pedal in your car!

My friend with a Porsche 959Turbo 6-speed tranny has a clutch! Your Taurus does not! What gives?

Now picture me being the guy who has to explain to this genius that a normal AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT COME WITH A G** D**N CLUTCH ALREADY!

(But if you want to rip your Taurus apart and retrofit a Tiptronic transmission into it, yes in theory you could have an automatic transmission with a clutch if you have the skills to modify the engine, transmission and car frame and driveshaft yourself)

Phew. I give up.

Well, if refresh rate can't be changed, is it possible to get other resolutions than what xsetup.sh gives as choices, say 1920x1200, for example?

Another thing to maybe "fix" is that clicking XVesa in the DSLpanel within X
gives less possible choices (max 1280x1024) than running XVesa from xsetup.sh (max 1400xSomething). That don't make sense.

I feel the wrath of cbagger coming... well bring it on, what are you waiting for dude?

Regardless DSL is way cool and you won't scare me away...

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