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huz

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Registered: 2006-08-09

Posts: 11

adding modeline to XF86Config to have desidered refresh rate

hi there,
I want my monitor at 1280x960@100hz. On windows I use it with this settings.

so i've modified XF86Config and I added:

# V-freq: 100.00 Hz  // h-freq: 102.13 KHz
Modeline "1280x960" 221.41  1280 1392 1664 2168   960  960  964 1021 

i used this generator: click

but when I enter in KDE, it goes down as "out of specifications"
why?

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,916

Re: adding modeline to XF86Config to have desidered refresh rate

x86config is not used by Xorg, what version of X are you using ?

to find the correct  modeline manually, set X to use 1280x960 resolution and let X decide the refresh rate.
Then use xvidtune to tweak the settings until you are satisfied with them and put those settings in the config file.

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huz

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Registered: 2006-08-09

Posts: 11

Re: adding modeline to XF86Config to have desidered refresh rate

X11R7.
I read that it uses xorg.conf OR XF86Config... 0.o
X server starts and run from this file on my system.
Anyway it sets 1280x960 at 85hz.

I'll try with xvidtune, I have some general problems because I'm running 64bit version... I hope that xvid tune works.

Thanks