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slovin 09-28-2002 06:55 PM

Hello, I read already about running XFDrake to set the monitor refresh rate, but I couldn't find any refresh options. I can only select the card type, the moniter, and the resolution. Then I have "test" and "options". If I click on options, it just asks me if I want to start XFree next time I boot. How do I change the refresh rate?!

acid_kewpie 09-28-2002 07:04 PM

please search the site for answers before asking questions. this is asked a stupidly large amount of times.

slovin 09-28-2002 07:37 PM

I *always* search before posting, and as I said in the post, I was told to run XFDrake, and as I said in the post, the refresh rate option was not there.


MasterC 09-29-2002 04:33 AM

You can edit your file directly instead of having XFDrake do it for you. This would be the only way I know you could do it universally.

Open up your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and locate the section on refresh rates. Plug in/alter the values for your monitor.

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acid_kewpie 09-29-2002 05:37 AM

right, so as you were told to use xfdrake, you ignored all the other hundreds of search results? fair enough... :confused:
