Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:00:59 -0700 From: Nigel_Soon <Nigel_Soon@advanis.ca> To: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: screen pulsating Message-ID: <3A102C5B.9D0EA7A1@advanis.ca> References: <3A1026AF.53BFDCB9@advanis.ca> <3A1027EB.376A6D37@mitre.org>
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"Andresen,Jason R." wrote: > I'm not sure if I can help, as I don't quite understand what your > problem > is. Is your screen flickering (pulsing in and out very fast, say at > 60hz) or > is the brightness fading slowly in and out? The screen must be flickering, the brightness is fine. > have you tried reducing the resolution (lower resolutions usually have a > higher > refresh rate)? I'm running at a resolution of 1024x768, the specs on the monitor say: - Video : Max. Flicker Free Resolution: 1024x768@85Hz Max Resolution: 1280x1024@60Hz I would assume at 1024x768 it should not flicker. I will try vidtune though, Cheers, Nigel > Nigel_Soon wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have just installed FreeBSD 4.0 on my computer and have setup Xfree86 > > using xf86config. The problem I am having is that when I load X the > > screen seems to "pulse" in an out. If I look closely I start getting > > naursious! > > > > My monitor supports H/Frequency: 30 ~ 70KHz and V/Frequency: 50 ~ 160Hz. > > I have entered these in when running xf86config. > > > > Oh the video card is a Nvidia 128, it was listed in the card database > > and I chose the SVGA server I think, it was the one that was recommended > > for the card. > > I'm not sure if I can help, as I don't quite understand what your > problem > is. Is your screen flickering (pulsing in and out very fast, say at > 60hz) or > is the brightness fading slowly in and out? > > Have you tried playing (carefully) with xvidtune? If your screen is > flickering, > have you tried reducing the resolution (lower resolutions usually have a > higher > refresh rate)? > > -- > _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ > / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org > / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those > /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Nigel Soon, Advanis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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