Xorg refresh rate configuration

Bob Chiodini rchiodin at bellsouth.net
Tue Feb 14 11:28:57 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 02:02 -0900, gary wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 11:36 +0100, Francesco Del Citto wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I have a Sony CRT display (Multiscan G420) which can reach up to
> > 1024x768 at 120Hz and 1280x1024 at 100Hz, and a Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4200 with
> > Nvidia drivers.
> > In FC4, the corresponding section of xorg.conf is:
> > 
> > Section "Monitor"
> >     Identifier     "Monitor0"
> >     VendorName     "Sony"
> >     ModelName      "Sony Multiscan G420"
> >     HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
> >     VertRefresh     48.0 - 170.0
> >     Option         "dpms"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier     "Videocard0"
> >     Driver         "nvidia"
> >     VendorName     "Videocard vendor"
> >     BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > The problem is that I can't select a refresh rate higher than 85Hz,
> > whatever resolution I choose.
> > The values of HorizSync and VertRefresh are the right ones, I think.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
>     Check out vert.freq - horiz.freq here --
> http://www.chipmunk.nl/beeldschermen/Sony.html
>                  
>       --gary
> 

>From the above URL, your frequencies are pretty close.  If you are using
the proprietary Nvidia driver try adding:

        Option      "UseEdidFreqs" "0"
        
to the "Device" section for the video card.

Bob...




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