From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 03:10:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F190816A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:10:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B4743D1F for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:10:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 80so322685rnl for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 20:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.8.74 with SMTP id 74mr1677516rnh; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 20:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.16 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:40:33 +0530 From: Subhro To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <20040909111136.056e071f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20040909111136.056e071f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: phusion Subject: Re: Set Screen Refresh Rate? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Subhro List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:10:35 -0000 You need to edit the HSync (Horizontal Synchronization Rate) and VSync (Vertical Synchronization Rate) Parameters in your XFree86 configuration file. Btw why do you want to go for a lower resolution. X, in most cases detects the monitor and video subsystem and selects the most optimized settings. Regards S. On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:11:36 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > phusion wrote: > > > How can I set the screen refresh rate in FreeBSD 5.2.1. I can go into > > gnome-control-center and go to screen resolution then change the > > refresh rate it to say 75 MHz, but then the next time I log into > > X-Windows it's back to say 85 MHz. Is there some file I can edit to > > keep it to stay a certain refresh rate? Thanks. > > You'll probably have to modify you X config file to get this setting > changed permanently. Depending on whether you are using X.org or > XFree86, there are different tools for this, and the filename may > even be different. See the documentation for the X system you're > using, or reply with more information about which X your using to > get a more specific reply. > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India